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 74
nspiration of design is nomore than the turning to account some fortu-nate accident in nature. You notice, as youwalk through a clearing in the woods, where anoak-tree has been cut down close to the root;and it has sent out a ring of young shoots allround it, so as to form a perfect garland… … Photo-Tint: Dv-Jam»s Akermsn Loaion W f. Tile panel,Oak Galls. Ornament in Nature, 29 Trees do grow in Umbria as Perugino, and Raf-faelle after him, painted them. The artist didnot altogether imagine those graceful spraysof leafage, anymore than Ve-ronese evolvedhis lovely green-blue skies fromhis…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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