What type of art is this?

[The Wicked One]

Hi, I don't regularly post here, but I do read alot of it. Meanwhile, I would like to pose the question of: What would I call this type of art?

This crazy curvy stuff i see on everything lately, mainly on crests and dollars.
Does it have a name? Here's an example:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/thewickedone/example.gif

How would I go about finding more of this stuff? :confused:

[uncle carbunkle]

1. filigree?
2. make it? vector software? pencil and paper? pointy stick and soft sand?

[typographics]

some of that is victorian, some of it is rocco.

[Riya]

Stylized leaves—theres a lot of it in Heraldic Art (Coats of Arms and such) too.

[cjoe]

Bottom right could belong to art nouveau

[PrintDriver]

Look up Acanthus decoration or style.
That's the leaf style on all of those examples.

[AlexNJ210]

this style of leaf curling i think originated in corinthian captals from Roman times. The columns always had some ornate design similar to your examples.

[PrintDriver]

yes, the corinthian capitals had stylized acanthus leaves on them.