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 489
educed to the mere outlineof a vase filled in with orna-ment, which by its treat- fX^h ^% &^: ^^ 176. Trophy panel 230 JSfahire in Orno.ment, ment contrasts with the floral ornamentspringing from it. An equally arbitraryrendering of the vase occurs on Plate 28, thepattern on which must be taken… … 177. Renaissance skull ornament. upon them, to the exclusion of other and morefitting devices. Used for its own sake, or merely for theconvenience of composition, shield, tablet, orcartouche becomes a mere stock property, ashift or stop-gap in design. Its introduc-tion is quite happy only when it…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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