tendency towards luxur)-of material counterbalanced bysimplicity of design. Orna-mentation, purely speaking, isnow restricted to the least pos-sible by most artists andarchitects, who recognise thatunless we find again a basisfor pure constructive designornament in itself is superfluousor worse… … workmans cottage at HESSIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, DARMSTADT DBSIGNED FOR HERR W. OPEL, RUSSELSHEIM, BY PROF. J. OLBRICU(By special pertniss ion } and the city authorities,who, in addition, under-took the laying out of thegardens. In so far as decorativeart is concerned, we cantrace here the benefits…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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