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 463
of stalk. If an artist of our dayhad introduced such a composition into Greekwork he would have been accused of seekinginspiration rather from a Japanese than fromany Classic source. The truth is that all ancient art was oncealive, difficult as it seems to be to us to realisethat obvious fact.… … 157. Cloud and bat pattern. art has been fashionable, and is now for themoment under a cloud of disfavour, the inevit-able consequence of reaction. When that isdispersed we shall still perhaps continue toover-estimate or to undervalue it, accordingto our idiosyncrasy. But, whatever its…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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