Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 311
Aisthetics, and enter on the sphereof Tectonics, in order to present a view of the construction, profilingand general plan of objects of art, e. g. Vases, Utensils, Furniture, &c. These considerations, and the wish to be as comprehensive aspossible, have necessitated the inclusion of some… … A.VASES. Vases, with which this division opens, are one of the most interest-ing and important of its groups. Gottfried Semper, who has treatedKeramics brilliantly in his epoch-making work Der Stil, says inthe introduction to the chapter on this subject: The products ofKeramic art were held in…
Decoration and ornament · Art objects
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