Analysis of ornament. The characteristics of styles: an introduction to the study of the history of ornamental art; being an outline of a course of sixteen lectures on that subject, originally prepared for the government schools of design in the years 1848, 1849, 1850 (1856)
Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877, Finden, A, F., A. F, Halliday, G, Hutton, M. M, Mateaux, G, Rees, M. R, S., H. M, Sheldrick, E, Sparling, H. M, Swallow, Jane F, Wheeler, S. A · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 31
ural or conventional details, and that all mechanical ingenuity must be kept strictly subservient to theoretical principles of arrangement. The highest mere imitative skill, employed on the most beautiful natural materials, out of the strict province of so called fine-art, will engender but mere… … A.F.F Greek Terra Cotta.
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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