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 394
bringing them in—as though merely by their introduction thedesign gained an additional artistic value. Itis only when such figure or animal servessome distinctly ornamental purpose that itdoes so, only then that it ceases to detractfrom the value of the design. Figures oranimals in ornament should… … Japanese Tortoises A 711772 a Is 771 077iament. i8i ornament, as much soas the scrolls themselves.The dolphin is, of course,a familiar feature inClassic and Renaissancedesign, but it is notoften, even in Greek art,that it is so gracefullytreated as in Mr. George Foxs desisfn.
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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