A History of Ornament: Ancient and Medieval (Volume One Only)

xxiv, 406 pp. Volume 1 of 2. With 400 illustrations. CONTENTS: Introductory; Primitive and Savage Ornament; Egyptian Ornament; Chaldea and Assyria; West Asiatic Ornament: Phrygia, Lydia and Persia; Pre-Hellenic Ornament: Aegean and Asiatic; Greek Ornament, I; Greek Ornament, II; Etruscan and Roman Ornament, I; Roman Ornament, II; Pompeiian Ornament; Early Christian or Basilican Ornament; Byzantine Ornament; Romanesque Ornament: I. Italian and French; Romanesque Ornament, II. Anglo-Norman, German, Spanish and Scandinavian; Gothic Ornament: Structural; Goth Carving and Industrial and Accessory Arts; Particular Schools of Gothic Ornament: I. French and English; Particular Schools of Gothic Ornament: II. German, Spanish, Italian; Index.