Arbor vitae : a book on the nature & development of imaginative design for the use of teachers, handicraftsmen & others (1910)
Blount, Godfrey · London : A.C. Fifield · leaf 182
round the pagesof mediaeval literature. The art of illumination should be a distinctlyclerical gift; and the spirit of mediaeval Christianity, its love ofdetail, its profuseness and exuberance, are amply illustrated in whatremains to us of its scriptures. The purely decorative portions of… … oimmai Fig. 23.—Patterns derived from Letters. the wiriness and sinuosity of its artificial foliage. The illuminationin missals is also consistently pure in the character of its grotesque,in contrast to the debased irreligion of later Renaissance ornament.On the other hand, its conservatism to a…
Decoration and ornament
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