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 440
uld be. It is an instance, rather, of what aconsummate artist may be excused for doing. The artist begins by blotting in his design,intent at first mainly upon the lines of hiscomposition and the distribution of its masses.We may take it that it was in order to get therequisite weight of form that… … Photo Tiht ty James Akerm.ii Lonicn W C Grotesque Fat)d, by SansoVToo. The Element of tJie Grotesque. 205 is bound to give them an interest worthy oftheir prominence. It is so, no doubt, that theGerman ironworker came to design the hel-meted and parrot-shaped heads in the grilleopposite; it was his…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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