Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 173
tof so adapting the ornament to the surface decorated, that theornament as often appears to have suggested the general formas to have been suggested by it. In all cases we find thefoliage flowing out of a parent stem, and we are never offended,as in modern practice, by the random introduction of an… … E P * There can be no better example of this harmony than the Greek temple, where the straight, the angular, and the curvedare in most perfect relation to each other. Gothic architecture also offers many illustrations of this principle; every tendency oflines to run in one direction is immediately…
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