Ancient Greek polychrome architecture, (1898). 'Fig 1: Polychrome cyma (ogee) with lion's head from Selinus. Fig 2: Acroterium [acroterion] from the temple of Nike Apteros. Figs 3-6: Painted cornices from the Propylaea. Athens. Fig 7: Ornament of an antae-capital from the temple of Theseus. Athens. Fig 8: Ornament from a temple at Selinus. Fig 9: Frieze of the temple of Jupiter at Aegina. Fig 10: Cyma-ornament from the Parthenon. Fig 11: Ornament, found at Palazzolo [Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily]. Figs 12 and 13: Meanders. Fig 14: Decoration of cassettes. London. Fig 15: Panel of metopes of baked


Ancient Greek polychrome architecture, (1898). 'Fig 1: Polychrome cyma (ogee) with lion's head from Selinus. Fig 2: Acroterium [acroterion] from the temple of Nike Apteros. Figs 3-6: Painted cornices from the Propylaea. Athens. Fig 7: Ornament of an antae-capital from the temple of Theseus. Athens. Fig 8: Ornament from a temple at Selinus. Fig 9: Frieze of the temple of Jupiter at Aegina. Fig 10: Cyma-ornament from the Parthenon. Fig 11: Ornament, found at Palazzolo [Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily]. Figs 12 and 13: Meanders. Fig 14: Decoration of cassettes. London. Fig 15: Panel of metopes of baked clay, found at Palazzolo. Fig 16: Panel of cassettes from the Propylaea. Plate 5 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [ Batford, London, 1898]


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