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 332
^k-^^i^ Conveolional Tree work Tradition in Design. 149 That is even more true of the kindred artof India (Plate 77). There also everythingis doubtless inspired by nature, but every-thing is compelled into ornament. The veryluxuriance of the design is suggestive oftropical vegetation, but the… … 108. Renaissance silk showing Persian influence. scarred trunk, but the scars are made into apattern. So with the branched stem contrast-ing with it, it branches into distinctly orna-mental lines, and breaks out into equallyornamental foliation. The man who carved the lattice of whicha portion is…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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