De architectura, 4.1.8

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Vitruvius See all items with this value
Reference
De architectura, 4.1.8
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Tertium vero, quod Corinthium dicitur, virginalis habet gracilitatis imitationem, quod virgines propter aetatis teneritatem gracilioribus membris figuratae effectus recipiunt in ornatu venustiores.
Part of Speech
Supine See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Young girls
Corinthian columns
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value
Visual Work: Carving See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Clothing
Sculpted/ carved architectural detail
Notes
From the context. Extended simile and metaphor with ornament of the body: clothing etc
Item Identifier
A00193
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Vitruvius
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Person (Ornamented)
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Clothing
Architectural Element
Carving/ Engraving
Relief
Relief- Ornamenting - Definite