Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: An introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...General Character of Saracenic Ornament. Tapestries. Lecture III.--On The Siculo-norman And The Early Pointed Style. Palermo--the Cappella Palatina, the Martorana. Greek, Saracenic, and Latin Elements. Revival of Symbolism--Cefalu, 1132. Monreale. Messina, Byzantine Mosaics, and Glass Tesselations. The Pointed Arch introduced into Sicily by the Saracens in the ninth century--into England by the Normans in the twelfth. The Saxon or Early Norman Romanesque--The Round Norman or Zigzag style--the Pointed Norman, or Transition (Plantagenet). Variety of Norman Ornaments--the Zigzag--the Billet, the Tooth, &c. Wyatt, M. D.--Specimens of the Geometrical Mosaic of the Middle Ages; with a brief Historical Notice of the Art, founded on Papers read before the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Royal Society of Arts, and the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Small folio. London, 1848. Chalmers Of Auldbar.--The ancient sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus, including those at Meigle in Perthshire, and one at Fordoun in the Mearns. With an additional plate and explanatory text. (Privately printed and presented to the Bannatyne Club.) Large folio. Edinburgh, 1848. Perret, L.--The Catacombs of Pome. Catacombes de Rome; Architecture, Peintures Murales, Inscriptions, Figures, et Symboles des Pierres sepulcrales, Verres graves sur fond d'or, Lampes, Vases, Anneaux, Instruments, &c, des Cimetieres des premiers Chretiens. 5 vols. folio. Paris, 1852, et seq. (Published by the French Government, under the direction of a Commission of the Institute of France.) Caumont, De.--Archseological ABC Book. Abecedaire, ou Rudiment d'Archeologie. Ouvrage approuve par l'Institut des Provinces de France. (Ornamental styles, civil and military architec...