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 19
ithout that symmetry which weare speaking of. The arm is not symmetrical, because it isbalanced by a similar member on the other side ; but take thehead, which has not this plurality to disturb its symmetry, andwe find a perfect contrast of the two parts. I believe this to betrue of all natural… … CHAPTER III. The whole grammar of ornament consists in contrast, repetition,and series. A perfect contrast of form may be defined as thetwo sides of a solid or section of the solid, generated by therevolution of an outline around a given axis; as, for instance, asphere is the solid generated by the…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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