Art culture: a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Platt, W. H. (William Henry), 1821-1898 · New York : Wiley · leaf 84
Fig. 8. § 17. Tn mechanically (b-a\vn patterns of dress, Alham-bra and common ]V[<)orish ornament, Greek mouldings,common flamboyant traceries, common Corinthian andIonic capitals, and such other work, lines of this declaredkind (generally to be classed nuder the head of doggrel LINES. 43 … Fig, 9. ornamentation) may be seen in rich prof usion ; and theyare necessarily the only kind of lineswhich can be felt or enjoyed by per-sons who have been educated withoutreference to natural forms; their in-stincts being blunt, and their eyesactually incapable of perceivingthe inflexion of noble…
Art · Aesthetics
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