Examples of the basic form of the European <b>arabesque</b>, taken from existing monuments. Drawings based on illustrations in Talbot-Rice, Byzantine Art, Penguin Books, 1968, plates 109-114. Note the common core element of the heart shaped confronted volutes &amp; stem, highlighted in green.<br><p>Key:<br></p>
<ul><li>E: <i>Ara Pacis</i>, sculpture, c. 27 A.D.<br></li>
<li>B: <i>Palazzo Mattei</i>, Rome, stucco relief, 2nd.c.<br></li>
<li>D: Lateran, Rome, SS. Rufinus &amp; Secundus, mosaic, 4th.c.<br></li>
<li>A: Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, mosaic, 691-2<br></li>
<li>C: San Clemente, Rome, mosaic, c.1200]]</li></ul>
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