ell the function of shad-ing in ornament not actually in relief: which is, not to giveroundness, but to e.xplain form. So much shading as may benecessary to do that is not to be denied to the designer ofornament. When he attempts to give roundness and reliefto it he is sure to offend some whose… … 258. FIFTEENTH CENTURY STAINED GJ.ASS WINDOWS. 264 ORNAMENT AND ITS APPLICATION. monotonous repetition is more to the purpose ; but wherevariety should be introduced, in what form, and in what pro-portion, there is no possible saying. Proportion itself is a subject on which there is little moreto…
Decoration and ornament
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