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 48
hich givesthem some decorative quality. Take the conventional vine again, with itsstereotyped leaves and prim grapes. And itstendrils, how seldom they have suggested morethan a rather meaningless wriggle, useful, nodoubt, to fill an awkward gap in the composi-tion, but without either character or… … 2. Vine tendrils, from nature. ever it pleased them. The clinging characterof the bindweed, the hop, and plants of thatkind, has suggested to artists who look with-out their eyes the necessity of support of somekind, and they have accordingly provided thetendrils nature has denied, neglecting all…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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