. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . Fig. 26. Templum in antis. Antae, R. Square or rectangular pilasterssupporting the v alls of a temple, wliich wasthence called/tw////w///««//>. (Fig. 26.) Theantcc thus formed the end of the walls ofthea7/( capitals of antir and the friezes abutting onthem were sometimes richly ornamented, asma
. An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c, with their derivations . Fig. 26. Templum in antis. Antae, R. Square or rectangular pilasterssupporting the v alls of a temple, wliich wasthence called/tw////w///««//>. (Fig. 26.) Theantcc thus formed the end of the walls ofthea7/( capitals of antir and the friezes abutting onthem were sometimes richly ornamented, asmay be seen by referring to Fig. 27, which lepre-. Capital and frieze ol one of tfie Ania: in thelemplc of Augustus. C i8 WORDS USED IX sents, in their restored state, the frieze and oneof the antse in the temple of Augustus, at Ancyra,inGalatia. Antarius, Antarii funes, R. Ropes employedfor raising into the proper position any objectof considerable weight, such as a column, mast,&c. Antefixa. Ornaments of terra cotta whichwere placed above the cornice, at the end of eachrow of tiles on a roof (Fig. 29). They were alsoused in ancient times for decorating the ridgeof a roof. We possess specimens of antefixaremarkable for delicacy of design and execution ;such were the antefixa of the temple of DianaPiopylaea at Eleusis, and the various Etruscanspecimens to be found in our museums. Theywere decorated with masks, leaves, and especiallypalms painted to imitate nature or in differentcolours. The Etruscans employed coloured ante-fixa only ; many specimens of these last may be
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