Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 65
Japanese rendering of almond blossom, &c. of confining ourselves within the narrow range ofpredetermined convention. The limit of naturaltreatment in design is not marked by a hard lineseparating ornament from all that is pictorial inart: there is no fixed boundary anywhere, only, as E 2 52… … it were, a high-water mark, be-yond which thetide of natureseldom dares torise. There are casesin which imitationmay be carried asfar as you please,so long as itneither obtrudesitself nor bringsinto obtrusiveprominence theobject ornament-ed. The thing tobe decorated mustalways be in theartists…
Decoration and ornament
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