Ornamental Gallery

New Church at Llanmyneck, 1844. Creator: Unknown

New Church at Llanmyneck, 1844. Church in the village of Llanymynech, near Oswestry in Shropshire. The architects were ...Messrs. Pearsons, of Oswestry...the funds having been raised by private subscription, aided by a grant from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels. It is constructed entirely of stone, with the exception of the arches and ornamental portions, which are of moulded firebrick: the roof is covered with grey tiles. The tower is very characteristic in its details: at the apex of the roof is a round ball, whence spring the vane and weathercock'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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Durga Temple, Aihole

The Durga Temple at Aihole is one of the most celebrated and intriguing ancient Hindu temples. One of the most beautiful and well-preserved temple, it has a unique tapered-oblong plan, and one could never be tired of walking around it and admiring its shape. The photogenic Durga or the fortress temple is planned along the lines of a Buddhist chaitya, a high molded adisthana and a tower - curvilinear shikhara. A pillared corridor runs around the temple, enveloping the shrine, the mukhamandapa and the sabhamandapa. All through the temple, there are beautiful carvings.The temple derives its name from Durgadagudi meaning temple near the fort'. Dedicated to Vishnu, the temple appears to be a Hindu adaptation of the Buddhist chaitya (hall) with its apsidal end. Standing on a high platform with a rekhanagara type of Shikhara, it is the most elaborately decorated monument in Aihole. The columns at the entrance and within the porch are carved with figures and ornamental relief's. The temple appears to be a late 7th or early 8th century construction. Aihole is a temple complex in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, India. It is a very popular tourist spot in north Karnataka. Aihole is to the east of Pattadakal, along the Malaprabha River, while Badami is to the west of both.Aihole has the potential to be included as a UNESCO World heritage site

Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Greek ornamental architecture and sculpture, (1898). Fig. I. Doric capital from Paestum (with painted ornaments). Fig 2: Jonic [Ionic] capital from the Erechtheium [Erechtheion] on the Acropolis of Athens. Fig 3: Corinthian capital from the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Athens. Fig 4: Caryatide from the Erechtheium. Figs 5 and 6: Acroteria from stelae (sepulchral columns), Paris. Figs 7-9: Anthemia-decorations. Figs 10 and 11: Griffins. Fragments of freezes. Figs 12 and 13. Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum at Naples. Figs 15 and 16: Legs of marble-tables in the National Museum in the British Museum at London'. Plate 4 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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