Acanthus (ornament)
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The acanthus is one of the most common plant forms used to make foliage ornament and decoration in the architectural tradition emanating from Greece and Rome.
Composite capital with acanthus leaves
Timeline of acanthus styles: a) Greek; b) Roman; c) Byzantine; d) Romanesque; e & f) Gothic; g) Renaissance; h & i) Baroque; j & k) Rococo
Acanthus mollis leaf; in both this and A. spinosus the leaf forms are rather variable
Acanthuses, one natural and the rest manmade, on a Corinthian capital
Acanthus mollis
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Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oyster plant, is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to the Mediterran
Acanthus (ornament)
…the Mediterranean species of the Acanthus genus of plants, which have deeply cut leaves with some similarity to those of the thistle and poppy. Both Acanthus mollis and the still more deeply cut Acanthus spinosus have been claimed as the main model, and particular examples of the motif may be closer in form to one…
Acanthaceae Acanthus mollis
Capital of a Corinthian pilaster in Paris
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