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 174
light on the dark groundwill contrast with the dark details on thesame scale, and create a certain mystery inthe design, which is of very distinct artisticvalue. The substitution of geometric diaper inplace of subordinate foliation, which occurs,for example, in the Japanese pattern onp. ]%, is less… … Pmoto-Timt, Old Lace, IVory Fomt The Elaboration of Natural Forms, jj
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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