Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 83
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. … u mens minds with thepretence that keepssociety going. Thenagain, the word, evenas applied to ornament,serves to express thatwhich is traditional;and, if we trace it backto its root, it doesmean literally thatwhich has been agreedupon by mutual con-sent. It happens thata large proportion ofornament…
Decoration and ornament
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