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 230
noting the way the masterstreated those same natural forms, and alwayschoosing his model, whether of plant form orof ornament, for the definite reason that itmeant something to him. His studies should be carried just so far astheir purpose warranted : there should be noattempt to make pictures of… … Photo-Timt; o-/.J.ae. Alr.rm.7i Lon<ion Wf /\DciGT>t Coptic 6iDbroidery Parallel Renderings. 105 conveyed to him, records of what he wantedto record, that is all. The urgent need of choosing each exampleneeds the more to be insisted upon, becausethe designer cannot too early begin to…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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