Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 248
ossibleto refrain from wandering continually off into thebroader question of design, taste, art in short—so true it is that art is one. In theory. In prac-tice the arts are many; and what is called generaltraining in art is at most bare preparation for thepursuit of the least among them. Hence the… … m *»* » *** « » »»» c 214 the labour of design ; but they may at leastprevent his going far astray; and even thetheories he is least prepared to accept may starthim on some not unprofitable train of thoughtupon which, but for timely provocation, it wouldnever have occurred to him to embark. It is…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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