Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 68
and stiff,but full of vitality, as ornament, and well adapted forits various uses and positions, but at last perfected, asin the Erechtheum example, to such a degree of aestheticpurity, that it lost all traces of any particular plant origin,but embodied the best qualities of natural plant growth,… … having passed from its ancient prototype the lotus plantform to a concrete expression of vegetable nature withartistic unity.Another phase of floral and leaf growth, and its proper 56 ELEMENTARY development to pure ornament can be studied in themany rosette patterns of the various styles.…
Decoration and ornament
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