The grammar of ornament by Owen Jones. The variety of ancient Egyptian ornaments and decorations.
Category: Ancient
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter II.
Chapter II. Roman, Greece and Egypt. The Corset and the Crinoline.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter I.
The origin of the Corset. The Corset and the Crinoline.
Lung. Chinese Dragons. Appearances and classification.
Chinese dragon and its cultural significance, in mythology and folklore.
The dragon in Asian art and culture.
Decorative motives of oriental art by Katherine M. Ball. The dragon in Asian art and culture.
Daughter of the Pharaoh. Victorian England.
Costume and fashion presentation in Romanticism of Victorian England.
Pompeian. Wall paintings and Polychrome basso relieves.
The wall paintings found at Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae as well as at Rome
Arch of Trajan on the mole at Ancona.
This Arch was a tribute of gratitude to the Emperor Trajan, and was erected in the year 115 A. D.
Interior of the Great Temple at Baalbek.
The ruins of Baalbek. Drawn from nature by W. H. Bartlett
Agnes of Rome or Saint Agnes, martyr of purity.
Saint Agnes is venerated as a martyr, consecrated virgin and saint; celebrated on 21 January according to the Roman Martyrology as a martyr of purity.