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 281
point of view are carefullychosen, and as the execution is simple anddirect. Compare the energy of its growthwith the sweeter lines on Plate 62. This lastexpression of the decadent Renaissance is notnearly so accurate as it somehow pretends tobe. The stipules of the leaves, for example,are very… … 95- Quasi-Persian rose—Italian velvet. this quasi-natural treatment has claim at allto our respect: as nature it has none. As a model of conventional treatment, theTudor rose must always hold a very highplace. What could be better in its way thanthe dignified simplicity of the Gothic rose andcrown…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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