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 439
hese may be,have been not merely controlled by decorativerequirements but suggested by them. Thefigures were designed, not worked into orna-ment ; they are conceived or remembered, nottaken from his sketch-book. Like Holbein,Signorelli too delights to find a reason for theform dictated by ornament.… … 150. Grotesque iron grille—German. who have thoroughly mastered both thefigure and ornament. They are not many—and never were. Sansovinos monsters on Plate 104 are ex-travagant, but still ornamental. The lines areso cleverly schemed, and the effect is so un-deniably decorative, that the strongest…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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