Aegricanes

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Design Elements > design elements > motifs > <figure- and animal-derived motifs>

Descripción

Motifs representing the heads of rams or goats used in antiquity to decorate altars, sarcophagi, and funerary urns; revived as an ornamental device during the Renaissance and used to decorate furniture in the late 18th century.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265236

Otros términos

  • ramskoppen [nl]
  • égida [es]
  • goat's heads [en]
  • ram's heads [en]
  • ramskop (motief) [nl]
  • aegicranes [nl]
  • aegricane [nl]