Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 82
achcase the form of expression will be different; andif an artist borrow a notion from some neighbouringcraft, he will translate it (as he would if he hadborrowed it from nature) into his own tongue. Art,inasmuch as it implies something more than literaltranscript, depends upon expression. All that… … Adaptalion of the oak to ornament. tional is not altogether a happy one. For onething it is associated in our minds with what iscommonplace and insincere ; and it is not desirablethat the art of ornament should be bracketed in 70 Every-day Art.
Decoration and ornament
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