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 93
9. Simple acanthus leafage.D 2 36 Nature in Ornament, … lo. Step between wave and acanthus scroll—Roman mosaic. capital is the invention of a poet, not of apractical ornamentist. Again, on the Roman pedestal on p. 35,where there is no scroll and no branchingand no great variety of foliation, one may seevery plainly indeed how the familiar type…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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