Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 339
atleast against academic classical-ism and above all against royaldictation. In this, as in its predilection for curves, it re-sembled the Art Nouveau of the earlj^ 20th century.But unlike the latter movement, it never sought tobreak loose from the control of inherited traditions ofpure design, or… … Fig. 189.—Balustrade byHeret, Nancy. RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE, II of free unhampered design and for linear patterning inswaying curves. The special qualities of the materialand the structural requirements of its use in grilles,gates and railings, lent themselves to this sort of design,which here,…
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