Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 37
\ THE GENERAL LAWS OF ORNAMENT. 23 attractive examples of progression, which, when made use of in the decoration of a theatre, produce an illusion always delightful. Here again the natural phenomena of optics have taught us a science of which the genius of ornament has made an art. When we see at… … EXAMPLE OP PROGRESSION IN PERSPECTIVE. eye can reach, we experience sometimes a double pleasure, first of all that of being deceived, and then that of becoming aware of the deception. And if the illusions of a simulated perspective are especially attractive when they hide the bareness of an…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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