The background is a field of conventionalised fleur-de-lis of so large a pattern as not to interfere with the details thrown against it.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee
Percier, the artist, helped with the painting, but the throne itself was David's and shows his talent in the floating Victory of the back and the conventionalised wreaths of the seat.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee
Elsewhere the spirit of concession to alien ideas is almost unknown, even flower and leaf being conventionalised on those architectural monuments of Islam which form the supreme expression of Mussulman genius.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings