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 424
ut one may safely say thatthe more familiar the form is to us, and themore realistically rendered, the more dan-gerous it is to take them. The grotesquwhich reminds us obviously of some par-ticular animal, is apt to strike one as if itchanged into ornament instead of developinginto it; and wherever… … The Element of the Grotesque, 197 to have been conceived in the spirit of grace.We cease to judge them then by any standardbut that of fit design and beauty. There is a pecuHar difficulty in harmoniouslycombining in one creature the characteristicsof various animals. The acceptable grotesquemust be…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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