BY I.EORr.E SHERINGHAM about them all there is an air of perfect agreementbetween the idea by which they are inspired andthe means adopted to make the idea intelligible toother people. Always it is the design itself thatfirst claims attention, not the cleverness of thecraftsman who has exercised…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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