| NOUN | an acanthus leaf | acanthus leaves |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Pilasters have been found showing what are described as "peopled scrolls" with figures of people, birds and animals entwined in acanthus leaves.
- The Corinthian order is the most elaborated of the Greek orders, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate capital decorated with two rows of acanthus leaves and four scrolls.
- The pedestals are decorated with garland and a fluted column featuring acanthus leaves at the top and bottom.
- For centuries, stone or bronze stylized versions of acanthus leaves have appeared as acanthus decorations on certain styles of architecture and furniture.
- tall columns surmounted by Corinthian capitals, embellished by the face of the "Italia turrita" (at centre) and acanthus leaves.
- There is no fruit on the olive branch, and the engraver added a border of acanthus leaves.
- On the upper edge of the circlet are eight acanthus leaves, four larger and four smaller ones.
- The nave is lined with rows of cruciform pillars, and pilasters with capitals decorated with acanthus leaves in the classical style The arcades that separate the outer aisles from the nave have rounded arches, also in the classical Roman style.
- The archivoltes, or curved bands of decoration on the tops of the arches, also have acanthus leaves.
- On three sides the frieze is decorated with fine ornamental relief carvings of rosettes and acanthus leaves beneath a row of very fine dentils.
- The main theme of the house decorations, dating from 1854, is a reproduction of a forest with acanthus leaves depicted in the papier-mache decorations, subsequently enriched with 23-carat gold leaf worked using the quartz technique and polished with agate.
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