Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers (1872)
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909, Glaisher, James, 1809-1903, Mackie, Samuel Joseph, Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887 · London, Virtue & co. · leaf 125
black and contorted,that we can see the beauty of sea-weeds ; such are no more than thebleared and withered mummies ofEgyptian men to the fresh vigour ofyouth : it is while free and waving inthe waters that we must search for thebest elucidations of their habits andgracefulness. Years ago Ray wrote… … brought into fashion among us. I wish men would be so equaland civil as not to disparage, deride, and villify those studieswhich themselves skill not of, or are not conversant in; noknowledge can be more pleasant than this, none that doth sosatisfie and feed the soul, in comparison whereto that of…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Aesthetics)
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