PICTURE FRAMING MAGAZINE Ornamentation In Frame Design

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Arched portal, Babylonian-Assyrian, c. 2000 B.C. from Koyunjik, showing crysanthemum flower in arch and cornice with lotus flower and bud in frieze above arch . Babylonian corner: a Babylonian-Assyrian floor ornament, c. 2000 B.C. from Koyunjik, showing crysanthemum flower in border and center-point with radiating buds. Ornamentation in Frame Design Winged steer with human head, now in the Louvre in Paris, originally from the palace of Sardanapalus, c. 1000 B.C. BABYLONIAN Nebuchadnezzer Babylon: Babylonian, c. 2600 B.C.; a wall mural from the court in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzer I, c. 2600 B.C. The ornamentation—a double-anthemion frieze—is executed on glazed colored bricks. From Koyunjik, an alternating lotus flower and bud with chrysanthemum flower below, c. 2000 B.C. Nimroud frieze, a mural decoration made of burned, glazed stone, showing a stylized palmette with pinecone and closed lotus-bud with chevron decoration, c. 800 B.C. From an Assyrian embroidery illustrating a chrysanthemum flower and Pegasus, a winged horse, c. 700 B.C.
Date leaf on the capital of a column at Philae, with space above neck-band. From the later Egyptian Kingdom, c. 1500 B.C. Palm leaf on the capital of a column in Bersche, dating from the Middle Kingdom, c. 1500 B.C. This is the precursor for much Greek ornamentation, now known as a water leaf. Papyrus on a column with closed capital from Amenemhet, near Hawara, Later Kingdom. EGYPTIAN Lotus: an alternating closed and open lotus flower and bud, c. 600 B.C., with geometric border design at the top. Lotus and tongue: This lotus flower and alternating tongue pattern, c. 600 B.C., is a precursor for the later Greek classical lamb’s tongue ornamentation. Lotus and egg: an open lotus flower alternating with egg pattern, c. 600 B.C. A precursor for the egg and dart design seen in classic Greek ornamentation. Stylized lotus: a frieze of flowers and buds, from Amenophis IV in Tell-el-Amanra, Later Kingdom, c. 660 B.C. An inspiration for the Art-Deco designs of the 1930s. Geometric borders: chevrons and stylized leaves for border decorations in a room, c. 600 B.C. Arched pediment from the modern kingdom, Thebes, c. 1600 B.C, with stylized vegetal forms. Aedicula frame taken from a breast-plate of gold with encrusted enamel, bearing the name of Ramses II; Egyptian Middle Kingdom, c. 600 B.C. February 2004
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