A Manual of
HISTORIC
ORNAMENT

TREATING UPON THE EVOLUTION,
TRADITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER APPLIED
ARTS.
PREPARED FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS
AND CRAFTSMEN.

· · ·
BY RICHARD GLAZIER,

Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects;
Head Master of the Municipal School
of Art, Manchester.

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With 470 illustrations by the Author.
· · ·
LONDON:
B. T. BATSFORD, 94, HIGH HOLBORN.
1899.

Manchester:
Printed by Chorlton & Knowles, Mayfield Press.

Preface.

THIS manual has been prepared with the three-fold object of giving an elementary knowledge of Architecture and Historic Ornament, of awakening a responsive and sympathetic feeling for the many beautiful and interesting remains of ancient and mediæval civilization, and lastly of directing the attention of students and craftsmen to the beauty, suggestiveness and vitality of the Industrial Arts of the past, and their intimate relation to the social and religious life of the people.

The advantages to be derived by students and craftsmen from such a study are manifold, for, by a careful study of these arts, we may see the capabilities and limitations of material, the appropriateness and application of ornament, the continuity of line and form—yet with a marked diversity of enrichment and treatment—the interest and significance of detail, and the customs, myths and traditions of the past with their continuity of thought and expression.

The illustrations, which have been chosen expressly for this work, are typical examples of each period or style and are produced in line as being the method best suited to the requirements of students, giving definition, emphasis and the constructive qualities of design rather than pictorial effect.

In the appendix will be found a list of text books and works of reference, which may be studied with considerable advantage by students desiring further information upon this important subject.

RICHARD GLAZIER.

Manchester,
1899.

Contents.

	PAGE.
Ornament of Oceania	3
Egyptian Ornament	5
Assyrian Ornament	7
Greek Architecture	9
Greek Ornament	13
Roman Architecture	21
Roman Ornament	25
Pompeian Ornament	29
Byzantine Ornament	31
Scandinavian Ornament	33
Celtic Ornament	35
Norman and Gothic Architecture	36
Norman Details	43
Early Gothic Details	45
Renascence Ornament	49
French Renascence	58
English Renascence	60
Mahometan and Moresque	63
Persian Ornament	65
Indian Ornament	69
Chinese and Japanese Ornament	71
Ivories	73
Mosaics	75
Greek Ceramics	77
Ceramic Art	79
Maiolica	87
Terra Cotta	88
Enamels	91
Glass	95
Stained Glass	97
Gold and Silver	101
Bronzes	103
Wrought Iron	105
Furniture	106
Textile Fabrics	109
Frets	123
Continuity of Style	125
Terms used in Ornamental Art	131

List of Plates

PLATE.		PAGE.
1	Ornament of Oceania	2
2	Egyptian Ornament	4
3	Assyrian Ornament	6
4	Greek Architecture	8
5	Greek Ornament	12
6	Greek Ornament	18
7	Roman Architecture	20
8	Roman Ornament	24
9	Roman Ornament	26
10	Pompeian Ornament	28
11	Byzantine Ornament	30
12	Scandinavian Ornament	32
13	Celtic Ornament	34
14	The Triforium and Clearstory	41
15	Norman Details	42
16	Early Gothic Details	44
17	Decorated & Perpendicular Gothic Details	46
18	Renascence Ornament	48
19	Renascence Ornament	55
20	Arabian Ornament	62
21	Persian Ornament	64
22	Persian Ornament	67
23	Indian Ornament	68
24	Chinese and Japanese Ornament	70
25	Ivories	72
26	Mosaics	74
27	Greek Ceramics	76
28	Ceramics	78
29	Maiolica	86
30	Glass	94
31	Stained Glass	96
32	Gold and Silver	100
33	Bronzes	102
34	Wrought Iron	104
35	Textile Fabrics	108
36	Sicilian Fabric	111
37	Indian Palampore	112
38	Persian Carpet	114
39	Textile Fabrics	117
40	Peruvian Textiles	119
41	Peruvian Textiles	120
42	Frets	122
43	Polynesian Paddle	124

Illustrations in the Text.

	PAGE.
Ornament of Oceania	3
Plan of the Parthenon	9
Plan of the Erectheum	10
The two Fates, from the Eastern Pediment of the Parthenon	14
Doric Frieze of the Parthenon	14
North Frieze of the Parthenon	15
Frieze from Phigaleia	15
Relief from Nike Apteros	16
Frieze from Pergamos	16
Frieze from Susa	17
Greek Scroll	17
Greek Coins	19
Arch of Septimius Severus	21
Theatre of Marcellus	22
Plan of the Pantheon	22
Plan of the House of Pansa	23
Roman Scroll	25
Coffered Ceiling	25
Frieze from Tivoli	27
Plan of St. Mark’s	31
Plan of St. Sophia	31
Lismore Crosier	35
Gothic Piers	37
Plan of Lincoln Cathedral	37
Early Gothic Window	38
Grisaille Glass, Salisbury	39
Gothic Crockets	45
Gothic Borders	45
Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto	50
Bas-relief, by Donatello	51
Monument to Conte Ugino	51
Italian Velvet	52
Fresco, by Michel-Angelo	52
A Sibyl, by Michel-Angelo	53
Arabesque Decorations	53
Renascence Scroll	54
Renascence Marble Inlay	54
Frieze, by Mantegna	56
An Italian Etching	56
Venetian Well-head	57
Wood Carving, period of Francis I.	58
Decoration, period of Francis II.	58
Relief, by Jean Goujon	59
Goujon	59
Frieze, by Le Pautre	59
Wood Carving, period of Louis XV.	59
Elizabethan Frieze	60
Elizabethan Strap-work	60
Ceiling, Audley End	60
Persian Plate	65
Peruvian Pottery	85
Greek Terra Cotta	89
The Annunciation, by Andrea della Robbia	89
Relief, by Andrea della Robbia	90
Painted Enamel by Pierre Raymond	93
Battersea Enamel	93
Early Gothic Glass	97
Early French Glass	98
Late Gothic Glass	98
Chairs	106
Italian Carved Chest	107
Carved Wood Screen	107
Italian Fabrics	115
Flower Vase Pattern	116
Spitalsfield Silk	116
Flemish Fabrics	116
Frets	123
Egyptian Capital	126
Corinthian Capital	127
Early French Capital	127
Composite Capital	127
Byzantine Capital	128
French Romanesque Capital	128
Siculo-Norman Capital	129
Early English Capital	129
Arabian Capital	129
Decorated Gothic Capital	130
Renascence Capital	130
Roman Scroll	130

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Preface.

Contents.

List of Plates

Illustrations in the Text.

A Manual of
HISTORIC
ORNAMENT