The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 66
upwards. The tail projects abovethe head. It would have been impossible for any generationof artists to treat an animal figure with such freedom had theybeen copying a real animal always living before their eyes, insteadof another figure that had seized their fancy, being very commonin a higher art…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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