An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, (14725363606)

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Title: An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Mollett, John W. (John William)
Subjects: Art -- Dictionaries Archaeology -- Dictionaries
Publisher: London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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ich the performanceon the stage was accessory. The whole theatreand orchestra were open to the sky. The caveaof the former accommodated about 50,000 spec-tators. The arrangements of the stage wereelaborate and ingenious, and the art of sceiie-painting developed at a very early period. TheRoman theatre differed from the Greek princi-pally in the absence of an orchestra, that space(the modern ///) being used for the seats ofsenators, foreign ambassadors, &c. Remains ofancient theatres still exist in Greece, Italy, andFrance. The most perfect of these are theColosseum at Rome, and the amphitheatre atNismes. Theca Calamaria, Gr. and R. (0rfK7j ; TiOrtfii,to iiut into). A portable inkstand.Thenards Blue. (See Cobalt.)Thensa. (See Tensa.) Theo-gamia, Gr. (dfo-ydixia). Greek festivalsheld in honour of Proserpine and commemorat-ing her marriage with Pluto. Theorbo. A stringed musical instrument ; akind of lute, having supplementary strings bythe side of the finger-board. 3i8 WORDS USED IN
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Fig. 650. Part of the Frieze of the Temple of Theseus, Athens. Thermae, Gr. and R. (Qep^ai, lit. hot-springs).Distinguished from balnea:. The luxurious es-tablishments for bathing, gj-mnastics, and con-versation which grew up under the RomanEmpire, on which all the resources of architec-ture and decorative art were lavished. Theruins of the therincE of Titus, Caracalla, andDiocletian are still visible. They contained,besides the baths properly so called, ^^ exedra^oxphilosophers and rhetoricians to lecture in, por-ticoes for the idle, and libraries for the learned, andwere adorned with marbles and fountains, andshaded with walks and plantations. Thermography. A chemical process forcopying prints and drawings upon paper ormetal by the agency oi heat without light. Thermopolium, R. (e(pixo--nwXiov). A re-frcshincnt-room, in which warm drinks weresold, such as mulled wine, mead, &c. Thermulae (dimin. of tlic7-iiui). Baths ona small scale. Thesaurus, Gr. A treasure-house. In themonume