Theory and analysis of ornament applied to the work of elementary and technical schools (1892)
Schauermann, François Louis · London, S. Low, Marston · leaf 202
I go Theory and Analysis of Ornament, cession. In a word, it is necessary to distingnish the physical from the theoretical termination. Closed figures, like polygons, circles, ovals, have theoretical and physical limit. CHAPTER IX. ASSEMBLED DISPOSITIONS. 161. The essential unity of these… … isolated one from the other. The unity of form surpasses the unity of grouping, and generally re- mains distinct. That, however, does not stop the articulation of parts, the one in proportion to the other, or altogether in proportion to a figurative diagram. Groupings of leaves on the branches…
Decoration and ornament
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