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 360
tified by success. It is only by such departure that success is possible. What has been done is done with, so far as design is concerned. Its teach-ing is what is valuable,—if only we would learn from it the way it was done. We waste our time in copying theforms of ancient art in-stead of trying to… … 127. Renaissance ornament. 164 Nature in Ornament. Early French Gothic, and he was inclined tolike anything answering to that title, but hedid not scruple to borrow from Oriental orClassic art what suited his purpose. Andalthough his manner was archaic, his ideaswere his own. He found room in his…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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