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Line & form (1921)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 107

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JAPANESE DIAGONAL PATTERN. groups of still life. Even different historic periodsmight be emblematically suggested—I should liketo see more done in this way. To return to design in the tiat. If we start witha motive of circular masses, we cannot suddenlyassociate them with sharp angles—I mean in… … TREATMENT OF FRUIT AND LEAF FORMS : CORRESPONDING CURVATURE. CORRESPONDINrx FORMSground,or a framework on which to place our broadmasses, as we may see effectively done by theChinese and Japanese. If the principal group of forms in our pattern,say, are fruit forms—apples, pomegranates, ororanges—we…

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