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 186
Anton Seder has worked out theproblem of treating vegetable form a laRenaissance very thoroughly in that sumptu-ous work Die Pflanze. It might be sug-gested that the growth of the gooseberryin the example given is rather too rustic forthe extremely ornamental turn of the leaves.The danger of such… … Photo Timt. -_. ^ .me« AK.nsi.i! ^.saon AC \Val] paper founded uipo-D Nat-ure The Elaboi^ation of Natural Forms. 83 form is to trench upon very difficult ground ;but we cannot afford to shut ourselves offfrom any opportunity in design. It is easyenough to dismiss whole schools of thoughtand…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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