Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1860)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 14
shadow with itsground or of one form with another,the very elemental principle of vision iscontrast, and it must, of course, be thebasis of all ornamental art. Then, if this view be correct, wehave but two great principles to study—shape and contrast; or, in all cases,aesthetically, an agreeable…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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