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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 308

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-cuts have always, over and above fidelity to themain facts of growth and character, a sense ofdesign. They are not merely drawings of plants,but they are well put together as panels or spacesof design, and effectively though unobtrusivelyornament the page. For expressive and sensitive line and… … HORNED POPPY. FROM FUCHSIUS DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM, 1542.

Decoration and ornament

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