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 459
154. Spring blossoms on thestream. itself an inducement to us to go further afield in search of some-thing less hackneyed. The historic styles of ornament were, wemay be sure, much more alive than theyappear to us in the specimens surviving in thecollections and museums of to-day. To judge 214… … 155. Diaper of spiders webs. by them alone would be much as if weestimated tropical scenery by the botanicalspecimens at Kew. The impression one getsfrom a casual glance round any museum isthat Greek ornament is all very much alike;so is Roman, and so is Renaissance; and stillmore so is Gothic,…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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