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 353
I20. Lily-like Greek details. and in the Indian naya, or many-headed snake,the resemblance is so striking as to suggestthat serpent-worship may possibly have beenafter all the starting-point of the idea. The Etruscan anthemion on p. 158 is verylike the Indian naya (Plate 119) ; the Greekdetails on… … 121. Romanesque detail. 122. Gothic pattern. (Plate 8:3.
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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