Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York, A. A. Knopf · leaf 143
d, and cluttered compositions of even ourbest decorative artists, and argument becomes un-necessary—the fact stands forth that we have lostsomething precious and vital out of art of whichthe ancients possessed the secret. It is for the restoration of these ancient veritiesand the discovery of new… … [120] HARNESSING THE RAINBOW REFERENCE was made in an antecedent es-say to an art of light—of mobile color—an abstract language of thought and emotionwhich should speak to consciousness through theeye, as music speaks through the ear. This is anart unborn, though quickening in the womb ofthe…
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 · Architecture · Architecture -- United States · Decoration and ornament
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