acanthus

How To Use acanthus In A Sentence

• The Romans invented a distinct cornice for the Corinthian order, characterized by large projecting modillions embellished with acanthus leaves.
• This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
• Although this is a typical Islamic motif, it traces its origins to the vine and acanthus scroll ornament of the late antique classical world, and the pattern itself refers back on the other hand to early Syrian textiles.
• The architectural ornament is of that easy and delectable kind which mimics nature: the acanthus leaves of Corinthian capitals, garlands and trophies in the manner of Wren and Grinling Gibbons.
• The wallpaper was a sepia-toned print of acanthus leaves; the carpet had plate-sized pink roses all over it. T2©: RISING STORM
• The base is made of rippled walnut and amboyna, inset with marquetry of acanthus in satinwood (sand-burnt for three-dimensional effect), which was done by a Welsh firm, Anita Marquetry.
• The tops of the legs are headed by weird lions' masks making a meal of acanthus leaves and the background is criss-crossed with a diaper pattern.
• In Fat of the Lamb, white fat winds around viscous sinew and muscle as if in emulation of the frame's sinuous acanthus motif.
• Its columns are tall and slender, its capitals have bountiful acanthus leaves with big scrolls and its entablature sports an ostentatiously sculpted frieze and cornice. Renaissance architecture: how to identify the Roman orders
• Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color.