Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 141
41. Vinecrocket. with the Roman candelabrum on P- 133. Again, in the carved door from Cairo, Plate 28, the details of theflowers are reduced to somethingvery nearly approaching to chip-carving ; the details consist notso much of leaves and flowers asof cuts of the chisel, an effect allthe more… … SO, by the way, they areexceptionally naturalfor Arab work. In Gothic art, aselsewhere, we identifya plant in many in-stances only becausewe expect to find itthere. Whatever canby any stretch of ima-gination pass for avine-leaf (Plate 29) weaccept as such—anybunch of berries wetake for grapes. In…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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