THE DEATH OF ACANTHUS
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CONTENTS
Acanthus - is it a Symbol or an Ornament? 3
CHAPTER1: ORNAMENT 5
Definition. Theoreticians. Conventionalisation
CHAPTER2: ACANTHUS CAPITALS 16
Species. Origins. Acanthus Spinosus: Greek, Hellenistic, Byzantine. Acanthus Mollis: Roman, Romanesque, Early Gothic
CHAPTER3: FLORAL SYMBOLISM 37Connotation. Symbolic Floral. Lotus, Palm, Papyrus in the Ancient Egypt and India. Metaphoric Islam: Garden of Paradise
CHAPTER4: THE DEATH OF ACANTHUS 50
Revival to the Kiosk of Naga. Influences on Greco-Roman Gandhara and Yunkang. Transmission from Paganism to Christianity. Rejection from Cistercian Church Ornamentation. Replacement of Decorated Gothic Foliage. Cultural Mediator in Ummayad Mosques
Conclusion 63
Vegetal-Floral Capitals of the Saint-Pierre Abbey Cloister, MOISSAC 64
GLOSSARY 83
REFERENCES 86
Acanthus - is it a Symbol or an Ornament? 3
CHAPTER1: ORNAMENT 5
Definition. Theoreticians. Conventionalisation
CHAPTER2: ACANTHUS CAPITALS 16
Species. Origins. Acanthus Spinosus: Greek, Hellenistic, Byzantine. Acanthus Mollis: Roman, Romanesque, Early Gothic
CHAPTER3: FLORAL SYMBOLISM 37Connotation. Symbolic Floral. Lotus, Palm, Papyrus in the Ancient Egypt and India. Metaphoric Islam: Garden of Paradise
CHAPTER4: THE DEATH OF ACANTHUS 50
Revival to the Kiosk of Naga. Influences on Greco-Roman Gandhara and Yunkang. Transmission from Paganism to Christianity. Rejection from Cistercian Church Ornamentation. Replacement of Decorated Gothic Foliage. Cultural Mediator in Ummayad Mosques
Conclusion 63
Vegetal-Floral Capitals of the Saint-Pierre Abbey Cloister, MOISSAC 64
GLOSSARY 83
REFERENCES 86