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 330
ngolianconqueror. If at its best Chinese ornament is lesscharacteristically natural than Japanese, it ismore characteristically ornamental. Whatevermodification there may be of natural form isall in the direction of design. Orchis, fungus,and butterfly (Plate j6), each is designed intoits place,…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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