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 416
e fromtoo directly recalling this or that zoologicaltype in the demon or dragon of his invention—and presumably of his belief. Of the decorative, as distinguished from theornamental rendering of animal form, this isnot the occasion to speak at length. TheEgyptian lion statues and the Assyrian… … ./AodeTD GcnuaD RizDaisaoce,- A 5ed^r. Animals in Ornament, 193 The sculptors of these master-works hadno occasion very likely—happy mortals !—toconcern themselves about treatment; theirmanner was traditional, and art had not yetemancipated itself from the control of fit-ness. Possibly the sculptor…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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