Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 370
nd often leaves even a senseof painfulness behind it. The reaction in this country wasvery strong, and produced the perpendicular. In all the lower manifestations of art, variety is the METAPHYSICIANS ON BEAUTY. 353 greatest charm. In the book called Albert Diirers prayer-book, a book whose margins… … Ornament from Albert Diirer8 Prayer-Book. time beautiful. But even these have their symmetry, andperhaps there is no style of ornament in the whole range ofhistory wherein this element is not decisive of its design.The higher the style, the more purely symmetrical. Intro-duce symmetry and you…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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