Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir, 1852-1925 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 23
it seems to have been deliberately excluded from the ordinary adornmentsof every-day life. But in the temples, every square yard, foot, or inch ofavailable space, seen and unseen, as the Japanese way is, was literally smotheredwith ornament: carved, painted, inlaid, in high relief, and low relief,… … THE DECORATIONOF FLAT SURFACES The temple decorators seldom allowed the smallest space of wall or floor togo without its appropriate ornament: loved rather to devote to it the greatestpossible amount of labour. Time was not of the essence of their contract, whichwas life-long, the living wage being…
Decoration and ornament
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