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The bases of design (1902)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 314

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of brasses the beauty of design, the charm andsimplicity of the earlier treatment, as well as therich decorative effect, disappear with the attemptto render complexities of effect and qualities ofdrawing for which the material and purpose wereunsuited. The same change of feeling left its mark… … KING ERIC MKNVED AND QUEEN INGEnORG OF DENMARK (RING-STEAD, 1319). FROM CREENYS MONUMEN IAE BRASSES. THE GRAPHIC INFLUENCE with extreme care and elaboration, with a strongyet restrained sense of the ornamental value ofthe detail; but which, under the pictorial influenceand the search for more…

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