The grammar of ornament (1868) (14773904522)

Identifier: gri_c00033125008700094 (find matches)
Title: The grammar of ornament
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877 Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher
Subjects: Decoration and ornament Decoration and ornament Decorative arts
Publisher: London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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Stone Church, Kent. Published by the Topographical Society. round which the leaves are twined. The more and more natural these were made, the less artisticbecame the arrangement. The same thing occurs in the bosses which cover the intersection of the ribs. On the vaultingin the Early English bosses the stems of the flowers forming the bosses are continuations of themouldings of the ribs, whilst in subsequent periods the intersections of the ribs were concealed bythe overlaying of the boss, which was here as much an application as was the acanthus leaf to the bellof the Corinthian capital. In the spandrils of the arches, so long as the conventional style was retained, one vigorous mainstem was distributed over the spandril, from which sprang the leaves and flowers; but when thenatural was attempted, the stem ceased to be the guiding form of the ornament, and lost all gracein the endeavour to represent in stone the softness of nature. The main stem as a leading featuregradually disappea