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 410
lt is it satisfactorily toarrange the wings about a cherubs head.One remembers in certain old windows aglory of colour resolving itself, as you look,into a mystery of mingled wings and angelfaces; but the attachment of the wings isbest not too closely inquired into. Neitheris it well to consider… … 146. Egyptian wing treatment—hawk. IQO Nature in Ornament. The idea, common enough, of wings inthe place of arms or in the place of ears(it is beautifully carried out in the bronzehead of Hypnos, in the British Museum),seems more anatomically possible, and maybe most ornamentally rendered. In…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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