Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 373
motive in art, and often leaves even a senseof painf ulness behind it. The reaction in this country wasvery strong, and produced the perpendicular. In all the lower manifestations of art, variety is the VARIETY. 357 greatest charm. In the book called Albert Diirers Prayer-Book, a book whose margins… … Ornament from Alhorr Diirers 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…
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