bya conventional leaf, if conventionalism be not yetunderstood. Thus the general outline and char-acter of a vine-leaf is retained ; but many detailsare omitted in the natural leaf. The edges of theleaf are cut up into many divisions, and the marginis, therefore, called serrate, or saw-like : and… … GEOMETRICAL FORM. 19 fuse the ornamental effect; and this is the origin ofconventionalization,— the adapting of a natural formto the uses of industrial art. DRAWING-BOOK EXERCISE IX. Conventional Leaf. Directions.—Draw in the space allotted for it a centralline 1 2. and upon it draw faintlythe…
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