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Line & form (1921)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 188

An illustration from Line & form, 1921, leaf 188
gured parts must be governed in somemeasure by the practicable size of the repeat: butwithin certain limits great variety of proportion ispossible. A simple but essentially decorative principle isto preserve a certain equality between the figuredmasses and the ground masses. The leaf patterns(Nos.… … RELIEF OF FORM AND LINE IN PATTERN DESIGN BY MEANSOF CONTRAST AND THE USE OF PLANES. OF THE USE OF CONTRAST AND PLANES and softer effect is the result of throwing them upon a plane of half-tint expressed by horizontal lines, with a similar effect of relief to that which would be given by the warp,…

Drawing · Decoration and ornament

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