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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(ἄκανθος), classical Greek term for a perennial plant, common to the Mediterranean, whose leaf form inspired decorative motifs in architectural
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World Encyclopedia
Perennial plant with thistle-like leaves, found in Africa, the Mediterranean region, India and Malaysia. It has lobed, often spiny leaves
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
A Mediterranean plant for which the English vernacular name is bear's breech. The scalloped leaves of Acanthus spinosus were, according to ...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.)
A plant found on the shores of the Mediterranean and particularly admired by the Greeks and Romans for the elegance of its leaves. The acanthus was widely used in ...
Andrea del Verrocchio
(b Florence, c.1435; d Venice, June/July 1488).Florentine sculptor, painter, and metalworker, one of the outstanding Italian artists of his period. His nickname—Verrocchio means ‘true eye’—was given ...
arabesque
Fanciful and intricate surface decoration based on geometrical patterns, found from classical art onwards and not necessarily of Arab origin. Unlike grotesque ornament it does not contain human ...
capital
The upper part of a column or pilaster set above the shaft. Each of the classical architectural Orders has a distinctive capital.
Carlo Maratta
An English variation of the Salvator Rosa picture frame, it was so called because it was first found on works by Maratta (1625–1713). In its enriched form (for example with acanthus leaf moulding in ...
furniture
Table, chair, and couch are the central items of ancient furnishing. Their principal characteristic is portability, essential in the circumstances of ancient domestic life, with use of space, and ...
Impost Block
A stone block shaped like an inverted, truncated pyramid, placed on the capitals of columns destined to carry an arcade. The impost block probably evolved from the Roman practice of ...
orders
1 In Classical architecture the elements making up the essential expression of a columnar and trabeated structure, including a column with (usually) base and capital, and entablature. There are eight ...
Talavera de la Reina
Spanish centre of ceramics production. The Castilian town of Talavera de la Reina, so called because from the reign of Alfonso XI (1312–50) it was deemed to be the marriage ...
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