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Beauty of form and grace of vesture (1892)

Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 62

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is eternal, the same through all the ages,its essential qualities ne\er changing. Detailsmay vary, and be beautiful or not, according tocircumstances; but certain grand principles, cer-tain standards, are fixed. These are immutable.Good taste is the knowledge of these principles. Beauty of the… … Fig. i6. — Antinolis. 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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