Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles : an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art (1860)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 30
thernatural or conventional details, and that all mechanical ingenuitymust be kept strictly subservient to theoretical principles ofarrangement. The highest mere imitative skill, employed onthe most beautiful natural materials, out of the strict provinceof so-called fine art, will engender but mere… … A.F.F Greek Terra Cotta. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLES. CHAPTEE V. THE STYLES. In a review of this kind, when we speak of the styles, we cancomprise only the broad distinctions of ornament itself—the kindsor genera, not the mere specific varieties. There are, of course,many varieties of nearly…
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