5 Ancient Symbols Of The Law - Adding Tradition To Law Office Decor

Quality reproductions of art and relics from museums and ancient ruins can be an inexpensive and tasteful way to incorporate the rich history and origins of the law into the framework of almost any style of office decor.
Reproduction art comes in several forms that can easily be incorporated into your existing office decor--as three-dimensional wall reliefs, sculpture (statues, heads and busts), figurines and boxes that serve a dual purpose--for decor, and as storage for small objects like paperclips.

Below are five examples with a legal perspective that appear in ancient art treasures which have survived the ages and now reside in museums.

Decorating options to complement your choice of reproduction art include upholstery fabric, drapes, wall coverings or wallpaper borders that echo Greek or Egyptian motifs. Try incorporating colorful and exotic Egyptian vases or Greek amphorae for a coordinated look. Attractively matted and framed photographic posters of Egyptian ruins and the Greek Acropolis also complement museum reproductions. Victorian painters--particularly art students--often chose classic Egyptian or Greek themes as subjects for their paintings. Many are quite beautiful, and inexpensive prints can be matted and framed for an elegant and interesting addition to decor with an ancient history theme. For a personal touch, get your firm's name translated into Egyptian hieroglyphics and painted on papyrus.

• Themis, Greek Goddess of Justice, often depicted as "Blind Justice".

• Pericles, Athenian statesman whose eloquent speaking ability and keen sense of judgement ushered in the democratic reforms associated wtih the golden Age of ancient Greece.

• Socrates, the great Greek philosopher whose ideas and precepts have helped shaped laws and societies since the 4th century B.C.

• Maat, Egyptian Goddess of Law, Order and Justice and the personification of divine order.

• Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom.

By: JoAnn Graham

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