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 386
ithout initiativewill believe always in the possibility, if not ofsome new and better tunes than the old, atleast of some happy variation upon them.Only in that belief, in the consciousness ofthe vitality of art, can he put himself into hiswork. Designer, he must believe that thereis yet possible… … fMv4 Photo TlHT cy-ames AJtenr. Lonaon W C Gcrmar) Gothic Thistle Scroll.Wood CarVm^ 177 XI. ANIMALS IN ORNAMENT. No doubt the most amenable model for orna-ment is to be found in vegetable growth.This is not because it is without order—theanatomy of plants needs, indeed, as carefulstudy as that of…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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