Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 61
icultto him, that he does not know his bearings. Decorative treatment consists neither in the 48 Every-day Art. violation nor in the disregard of natural forms, butin their selection and adaptation ; not in ignorantomission of anything, but in the deliberate rejec-tion of all that is irrelevant.… … Medlar lile—the characteristic sepals, Sic, essentially ornamental. geometric basis, is a quite childish idea of orna-ment. Dissection is useful enough in its way, but^ it is only a preparatory study. The Nature of Art, 49…
Decoration and ornament
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