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Beauty of form and grace of vesture (1892)

Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 64

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ried, then thoughtlesslyaccepting another, only to sigh for still anotherchange, and finally to laugh at every past caprice. Fashion is not beauty. Fashion is fleeting, —beauty is eternal, the same through all the ages,its essential qualities never changing. Detailsmay vary, and be beautiful or… … Fig. 16. — Antinous. BEAUTY OF FORM. 57 what it was in ancient Greece; it is the samethrough the centuries. The consensus of agesis a true verdict, and classic forms become safemodels. We are fortunate in having examples of thehighest types embodied in enduring marble, thatthere may be no question…

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