The face of the ante-fixae was richly carved with the anthemion (q.
Above the low acanthos wreath rises a rich garland of foliage and flowers, with a central anthemion rising to the top of the abacus.
The ornaments, such as statues or anthemion shields, placed upon the angles of the gable--whether of the outer corners or of the apex.
The transition from these to the stone or terra-cotta anthemion of the Parthenon (Fig.
Examples of Indian forms of the anthemionwill be found on Sindh pottery (Plate VIII.
The conventionalising tendency of decorative art did the rest, and the various forms of Assyrian anthemion would easily follow.
For centuries we see the anthemion reproduced in architecture (Fig.
If one compares the anthemion combined with an "astragal" moulding in Fig.
Bonavia illustrates ananthemion from the Erechtheium (Fig.
Anthemion and astragal moulding from the Lat (stone column) at Allahabad; from Birdwood, after Fergusson.
Lotus anthemion on a vessel from Rhodes, after Salzmann; B, C.
Lotus anthemionon a vessel from Rhodes; after Salzmann.
Again, in Egyptian tomb ceilings the bordering lotus pattern is inverted, as the base line of the design naturally is made to correspond with the peripheral line of the ceiling--in other words, the lotus anthemion was inverted.
The Buddhist missionaries carried this pattern with them to China, where on some of the pottery unmistakable lotus derivatives occur, and those too of the anthemion series.
Anthemion and astragal moulding from the Lat at Allahabad; from Birdwood, after Fergusson.
But I see, what Anthemion would very much like, that I am offending the Court, so I stop.
In the morning they were visited by Anthemion and Pisias, both men of good repute, and very great friends of Baccho, who was surnamed the Handsome, and also rivals of one another somewhat through their affection for him.
Pisias objected to the marriage, and upbraided Anthemion with throwing the youth away on Ismenodora.
This motive was as characteristic of Roman art as the anthemion was of the Greek.
The anthemion ornament, a form related to the Egyptian lotus and Assyrian palmette, most frequently figures in these.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "anthemion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
