Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 81
S ELEMENTARY ornament, constructive strength not being required tosuch an extent in these as in large capitals. On the Corinthian capital, the acanthus presents asimple edge exactly repeated on each leaflet, with far lessserration than is seen in natural foliage: this impartsdignity to the leaf. On… … and owing to the fact that the leaves are smaller in scaleand nearer to our eyes, more serrations and more detailaltogether may be put into them, for like any other artproduction, the smaller the scale the more detail is neces-sary (see Fig. 112). To prevent the foliage in the latterexamples from…
Decoration and ornament
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