Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 18
its origin. To-day it is omnipresent amongus ; and we can scarcely conceive a coming race without ornament. The association of art with every common ob-ject of daily use seems to be in the natural order On Ornament. ,^ of things. It was so in Ancient Greece and Rome,and during the Renaissance. The… … Cut paper ornament. ingenious ornament. Even among the aboriginesof Mexico, New Zealand, and the South SeaIslands, we find that every opportunity for orna-ment was seized, necessity guiding it into the wayit should go. It was only during a period of almostutter dearth of art amongst us, in the…
Decoration and ornament
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