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The claims of decorative art (1892)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 108

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let it be observed, is the designer, in following such prin-ciples, departing from nature necessarily. Nay, in his way hemay be expressing as much natural truth even as the pictorialartist: as we have seen that truth of aspect is one thing, and truth f Design in relation to Use and Material 97 of… … Fig. Fig. 4. rules through all forms of life,—that necessity of adaptation to con-ditions, which, as we have learned, has led to the endless variety ofdevelopment in both plant and animal form that we see on everyside. The necessity of plan in designing next makes itself felt, andis of course very…

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