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 53
aboutthem, adopted the idea in the decoration oftheir columns. The Indian rendering of thesame notion, on Plate JJ, is yet more conven-tional ; but there is no doubt as to the originof that zigzag. Was it so, perhaps, that theidea of decorating columns in zigzag, commonenough in Norman… … 3. Romanesque ornamentation of the stem. there is still much to be learnt from the wayin which nature wraps round a stalk withleaves, sheaths it, hides it, discreetly disclosesit (Plate 4). The leaf seems sometimes toclose round the stem so that that has almostthe appearance of growing through ; so…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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