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 498
real pit-fall in the path of ornament. Even whatpretends to be no more than a memory ofsomething done before, should appear to bealways the outcome of the architectural orother conditions, designed to go just there,and introduced because just such enrichmentwas wanted. It must not be understood,… … Fornpeian Wall painlin^ Still Life in Ornaifient. 235 pared with the canopies, which were thestock in trade of so many Gothic craftsmen ;but, whether in true or (what was more usual)false perspective, such constructions are avery poor substitute for design. They havebeen employed pretty freely, and…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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