Examples of Greek and Pompeian Decorative Work
By James Watt
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The splendid variety of designs includes depictions of geometric patterns on marble floors, ornamented urns, and decorative embellishments in the form of leaves, birds, flowers, faces, and realistic as well as mythological animals. Scenes from Pompeii range from a long view of the Forum and close-ups of its richly embellished pillars to details of the altar from the Temple of Aesculapius and floor patterns from the Temple of Isis. Graphic artists and lovers of antiquities will rejoice in this inexpensive new edition of a rare resource and its wealth of illustrations.
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Examples of Greek and Pompeian Decorative Work - James Watt
EXAMPLES OF GREEK AND POMPEIAN DECORATIVE WORK
JAMES WATT
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by Dover Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
Examples of Greek and Pompeian Decorative Work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2015, is a republication of the work originally published by B. T. Batsford, London, in 1897.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Watt, James, 1862–1940.
Examples of Greek and Pompeian decorative work / James Watt.
p. cm.
"Examples of Greek and Pompeian Decorative Work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2015, is a republication of the work originally