Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 246
f the Alhambra is fretted allover with pattern so that it may not competeon equal terms with it. Elsewhere, as in oldDamascus tiles, colour fulfils much the samefunction as carving. White letters are preventedfrom standing out stark on a rich blue ground bypatterning it over with ornament in paler… … msf- be, to restore the balance of the composition. Itwill be seen (185) that the hard effect of flat,sharp-cut letters may be greatly softened by amere filigree of fine, close, evenly distributedornament upon the ground, which by its verybusy-ness dazzles the sight and so seems toblur their…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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