Schlosser and Montaigne in the Festschrift for Franz Wickhoff’: Julius Schlosser, ‘Glosses on a passage in Montaigne’, Originally published as: ‘Randglossen zu einer Stelle Montaignes’, Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte, Franz Wickhoff gewidmet von einem Kreise von Freunden und Schülern, Vienna: Schroll, 1903, 172-182 and reprinted in Schlosser, Präludien Vorträge und Aufsätze, Berlin: Bard, 1927, 213-226.

Earlier theories about the origins of decoration supposed that forms such as the widespread zig-zag motif in ornamental art originated as a ‘naturalistic’ imitation of lightning in the sky or the movements of snakes along the surface of the earth. Evidence exists that actual naturalistic imitation a...

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Main Author:	Karl Johns
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2015-06-01
Series:	Journal of Art Historiography
Subjects:	origins of art imitation in art expression in art Alois Riegl
Online Access:	https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/johns-schlosser.pdf