Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 117
QUANTITIES IN DESIGN equivalents which would govern the decorativeeffect. Such considerations naturally lead us to thequestion of the use of qiLantities in design—theornamental proportions of ornament, or the con- … SKETCH TO ILLUSTRATE VALUE OF DIFFERENT QUANTITIESIN PERSIAN RUGS. trasting distribution of form and line. For themere repetition of ornamental forms over surfacesand objects without reference to proportion orstructure is not decoration. The perception of ap-propriate quantities in design is really…
Drawing · Decoration and ornament
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