Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers (1872)
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909, Glaisher, James, 1809-1903, Mackie, Samuel Joseph, Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887 · London, Virtue & co. · leaf 205
s found to prevail in even thoseshells of the Ammonites which seem the most complicated ; and 190 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. the elegance of their general appearance will be found to be dueto the repetition, at regular intervals, of one symmetrical systemof forms. In many of these fossil shells the… … Fig. 6. fossil shells which are allied to the Ammonites, consists in thepleasing impression which is given by the gracefully curvedoutline, and the waving lines by which the shells are banded. Among the Pectens—a class of shells common to the Sussexchalk—will also be found a great number of forms…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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