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 509
of all kinds—the rose, the lily, andthe fleur-de-lis, for ex-ample (Plates 42, 43, 63,64, 121, &c.)—have beenthe motifs of ornamentdown to quite recenttimes, when symbolismhas given way to a realism altogether inade-quate to supply its place in ornament. A symbol must be removed from nature,… … a>late 121
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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