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acanthus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Acanthus (pl.: acanthus,
rarely acanthuses in English, or
acanthi in Latin), its
feminine form
acantha (plural: acanthae)...
- Younger, c.350 BC
Roman acanthuses in an
arabesque on the Ara Pacis, Rome,
unknown architect and sculptors, 13-9 BC
Roman acanthuses that
replace the legs...
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Roman Corinthian capital of Al-Khazneh, Petra, Jordan,
decorated with
acanthuses and rinceaux,
early 1st
century AD
Roman Corinthian pilaster in a corner...
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designed by
Pierre Cottard, 1657-1660
Baroque monogram of
Louis XIV made of
acanthuses, on the
entrance door of the Dôme des Invalides, Paris,
designed by Jules...
- Thompson, 1824
Neoclassical reinterpetation of the
Ionic order, with
acanthuses just
above the base and ram horn-shaped volutes, of the
Fontaine Cuvier...
- of an
altar design with bishops, with more
curvy and
sinuous S-shaped
acanthuses, by
Franz Xaver Habermann, 1740-1745,
etching on paper, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam...
- of
cartouches Railing with an
interlace band at the top,
flutings and
acanthuses on the balusters, and a
relief of an urn Pair of amphora-shaped vases...
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windows placed between rectangular pilasters that are
topped with gilt,
acanthused capitals.
Cable moulding trim
surrounds most of the
openings and, around...
- of fine-grained limestone. This
frame contains rinceaux with
scrolled acanthuses, as well as
motifs of flowers, birds, animals, and urns with centaur-like...
