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The Wicked One
04-09-2006, 01:24 AM
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
04-09-2006, 01:42 AM
1. filigree?
2. make it? vector software? pencil and paper? pointy stick and soft sand?

typographics
04-09-2006, 01:49 AM
some of that is victorian, some of it is rocco.

Riya
04-09-2006, 02:44 AM
Stylized leaves—theres a lot of it in Heraldic Art (Coats of Arms and such) too.

cjoe
04-09-2006, 02:45 AM
Bottom right could belong to art nouveau

PrintDriver
04-09-2006, 03:01 AM
Look up Acanthus decoration or style.
That's the leaf style on all of those examples.

AlexNJ210
04-09-2006, 03:12 AM
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
04-09-2006, 03:15 AM
yes, the corinthian capitals had stylized acanthus leaves on them.