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DJEBEL HAURAN
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bands ; tbis is particularly noticeable in the banded architrave of the temple at Suweda.
The latest pre-Roman moldings are ornamented exclusively with bizarre Oriental de-
signs that are entirely strange to Greek or
Roman art. A great variety of patterns
is to be found in the carvings of the later
moldings at Si‘ and at Suweda—the
moldings of non-classic profile. The
flat surfaces, i.e., the fasciae, which are
usually single and not employed in bands,
are carved with highly conventionalized
vine patterns of small heart-shaped
leaves, alternating with disk-like fruit
arranged on either side of a straight stem,
or a vine with curving stem and rosettes
in the alternating curves. Occasionally
the stem is provided with sheaths at its
joints, and the curves are filled in with stiffiy conventionalized flowers of different sorts.
The cavettos and splay faces are decorated either with rows of disconnected leaves
like those of the grape-vine, highly conventionalized, or with various geometrical
patterns executed in relief, in which sections of a small reed molding are employed in
alternating curves and straight lines. The bead moldings are usually carved to rep-
resent a rope of two strands ; few of tliese moldings are left plain.
The carving of the fully developed period under the Roman Empire is purely
classic, extremely rich, and more expressive of Greek than of Roman taste. The
torus moldings of column bases and other torus moldings are often carved with the
Greek guilloche or with the bay-leaf ornament. Flat bands are commonly enriched with
the Greek fret pattern ; this is often applied to architraves of the Corinthian order, in
which cases the upper fascia
is omitted to accommodate
a broad decorated band.
Friezes are generally carved
with rich scroll patterns of
leaves and flowers. The
ovolo is universally given the
egg-and-dart treatment, the
cavetto a delicate running . r„ ,,
0 Carveu architrave at Shakka, not 111 situ.
foliate pattern, while the bead
and reel appears everywhere for narrow intermediate moldings. The scotia of bases
is often carved with the triglyph-shaped ornament found in sorne Attic bases of the
Ionic order in Athens. The doorways of temples in this period are often flanked by
3i8
bands ; tbis is particularly noticeable in the banded architrave of the temple at Suweda.
The latest pre-Roman moldings are ornamented exclusively with bizarre Oriental de-
signs that are entirely strange to Greek or
Roman art. A great variety of patterns
is to be found in the carvings of the later
moldings at Si‘ and at Suweda—the
moldings of non-classic profile. The
flat surfaces, i.e., the fasciae, which are
usually single and not employed in bands,
are carved with highly conventionalized
vine patterns of small heart-shaped
leaves, alternating with disk-like fruit
arranged on either side of a straight stem,
or a vine with curving stem and rosettes
in the alternating curves. Occasionally
the stem is provided with sheaths at its
joints, and the curves are filled in with stiffiy conventionalized flowers of different sorts.
The cavettos and splay faces are decorated either with rows of disconnected leaves
like those of the grape-vine, highly conventionalized, or with various geometrical
patterns executed in relief, in which sections of a small reed molding are employed in
alternating curves and straight lines. The bead moldings are usually carved to rep-
resent a rope of two strands ; few of tliese moldings are left plain.
The carving of the fully developed period under the Roman Empire is purely
classic, extremely rich, and more expressive of Greek than of Roman taste. The
torus moldings of column bases and other torus moldings are often carved with the
Greek guilloche or with the bay-leaf ornament. Flat bands are commonly enriched with
the Greek fret pattern ; this is often applied to architraves of the Corinthian order, in
which cases the upper fascia
is omitted to accommodate
a broad decorated band.
Friezes are generally carved
with rich scroll patterns of
leaves and flowers. The
ovolo is universally given the
egg-and-dart treatment, the
cavetto a delicate running . r„ ,,
0 Carveu architrave at Shakka, not 111 situ.
foliate pattern, while the bead
and reel appears everywhere for narrow intermediate moldings. The scotia of bases
is often carved with the triglyph-shaped ornament found in sorne Attic bases of the
Ionic order in Athens. The doorways of temples in this period are often flanked by