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Examples of household taste (1875)

Smith, Walter, 1836-1886, Smith, Walter, 1836-1886. Industrial art of the International Exhibition · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 534

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this knowing it, and trueperception or feeling isbased on our capacities tosee accurately and test ourknowledge. This, which istrue of fine art, is equallytrue of design for indus-trial art. We had too manylamentable illustrations ofthis truth in the works ofhalf-educated artists in theCentennial… … 0 s 520 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT10N, 18y6. If we turn from these and examine works of industrial art which areaccepted as types of good design, we find precisely the opposite of such aspirit as that referred to, and a recognition of the dividing-line. Consistencyand simplicity are the necessary…

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) · Decorative arts

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