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Elementary principles of ornament (1890)

Ward, James, 1851-1927 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 84

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ll that we should haveno fixed school of ornamental art, as variety of thought TRINCITLES OF ORNAMENT. 7* seems to be more in harmony with the national tempera-ment than anything else possible or likely in this age; andalso, when artists themselves disagree as to what is goodand bad in ornament, or… … which dwelt in the unity of artistic thought, and gloriedin the worship of the beautiful. To gain a fuller insightinto the delicate varieties of the acanthus, the student isadvised to carefully examine and draw the foliage as seenin the pilasters from the tomb of Louis XII., and the worksof the…

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