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 22
—assculpture in the pediment ofa Greek temple, or a picturein the panel of a wall—it isonly in the general form and arrangement that they share in theornamental effect; they are no longer ornaments when examinedin detail, but independent works of Fine Art. The ordinary details or accessory… … 18 ORNAMENT. uniform covering the entire surface. Decorations which arespread uniformly over a surface are commonly called diapers—an expression supposed to be derived from Ypres, the name ofthe Flemish town where cloths so decorated were first or largelymanufactured. They are composed of a…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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