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A history of ornament .. (1916)

Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 130

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ture (Chap. I, § 15), declaresthat Ornament cannot be overcharged if it be good, and is always over-charged when it is bad. This is one of his characteristically misleadingmaxims, defensible only when special meanings are assigned to the adjec-tives good, bad and overcharged. It is absurd to… … Figure 15. Pacade of Pazzi Chapel, Florence.

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