Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 116
s put it that we are rathertempted to believe that the various forms of theleaves of a Greek flower have been generated bythe brush of the painter. He need have had nohesitation in asserting it as a fact. The idea ofthose forms being founded upon the growth of thehoneysuckle is as much a fable as… … Direct and workmanlike flat carving—Old German. the painter (as it strikes us) is likely enough ; and,having perceived that likeness, he may have empha- I04 Every-day Art. sised it; but in the majority of cases, more especiallyin work of the archaic period, the resemblance isof the faintest. On the…
Decoration and ornament
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