Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 216
98 Nature in Ornament. In the example on p. 97 the offence of incoherence is somewhat mitigated, inasmuch as the detail is not very real. All sorts of different flowers grow from a single stem indeed, but the stem is not very obvious. There is a kind of natural confusion in the foliage, and the… … 75. De-naturalised floral details. and artificial, and the unreality of the detail prepares one for the violation of natural growth. Even then it is hard to forgive it. Much the same criticism might be passed on the less graceful panel in the centre of Plate 47. The manner in which flowers of…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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