Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 75
urefrom nature would be justified by the production ofbeautiful ornament. (See daisy-like ornament over-leaf) There is a wide difference between ornamentsuggested by a natural type, and natural form usedfor its own sake, but reduced to harmony withsome ornamental scheme or purpose. 62 Every-day… … Daisy-like floral ornament. the immediate purpose in hand. Compare therose in your garden with the Tudor version of it \ The Nature of Art. 63 opposite, and with the Japanese and Persian ren-derings overleaf. The keynote of a design may be struck by some-
Decoration and ornament
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