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Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye (find matches)
Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects
Publisher: New York, B. Hessling
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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net). 9. Head, in profile. Modern, French, by the sculptor Cain ofParis, (Raguenet). 10. Head, by Lienard, Modern, French. 11. Head, by Prof. Volz, of Carlsruhe. The Lion Head, Goat Head, &c. (Plates 49, 50.) The Tiger (Felis tigris) and the Panther (Felis pardus) aresometimes found in antique works. Amorini, Bacchantes, and Maenads,gambol about on them or drive in carriages drawn by these crea-tures; and decorate themselves and their utensils with their skins. Panther and Tiger heads, as well as the head of the Lynx (Felislynx), find from time to time similar application to the Lion head.Ram heads are a favourite form of corner ornament for the cornicesof altars, and tripods; or serve, like the skulls of Oxen, as objectsfrom which to hang festoons. The decorative use in both cases isconnected with the use of the Ram as a sacrificial animal, (Com-pare p. 71). Instead of real animal heads we sometimes meet with fantasticforms which mav be described as Chimaera heads. NATURAL FORMS.
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Plate 47. The Lion Head. NATURAL FORMS.

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