Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 42
26 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. production. We have said that the grotesque in ornament is the analogue of humour in literature. This is the case ; but the grotesque may represent the truly horrible or repellent, and be simply repulsive. This form is so seldom required in ornamentation that I shall not… … Fig. 18. Fig. 17. than a feeble joke, unless it be a feeble grotesque. The amusing must appear to be earnest. In connection with this subject I give here a series of grotesques, with the view of illustrating my meaning, and I would fain give more, but space will not permit me to do so. The initial…
Decoration and ornament
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