On colour, and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes : with remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens, examples of good and bad taste, illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast (1858)
Wilkinson, John Gardner, 1797-1875 · London : J. Murray · leaf 254
cious imposi-tion. Those who delight in the employment of showy or costlymaterials, in places ill-suited to them, mis-take the splendid for the beautiful, and bar-baric richness for elegance and taste. [The same may be said of the rich cabinetsinlaid with brilliant stones and costly jewels,where… … 220 ON TASTE IN ORNAMENTAL DESIGN. Part II. K =» a conspicuous part of them, proclaim the absence of all feelingfor elegance and purity of design; and if a higher style of(Q \ work is attempted,, by the substitution of humanfigures for the legs, it falls as far short of natureand of art as the…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Gardens
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