Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 527
e case. The three great styles of orna-mental design, during the periods of their purest development, very plainlydisplayed the same features of conventionalization, geometrical arrangement ofnatural forms, their adaptation to ornament an object without injuring its useful-ness, and avoided the… … Hindoo Bronze Vo.se. barbarous efforts at ornamentation that come of imitation without thought.For let it be remembered that design is not the mere imitation of details ofthe physical world, but adaptation and arrangement of them. Imitation may beseen in the looking-glass, but the glass can hardly…
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts
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