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Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work (1904)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B.T. Batsford · leaf 61

An illustration from Ornament & its application; a book for students, treating in a practical way of the relation of design to material, tools and methods of work, 1904, leaf 61 — which is moreconsistently ornamental than any other, is the work of amathematical race if not of mathematicians. The orderlinessessential to ornament generally is more a matter of the mindthan of emotion. It may be doubted if any one will ever bevery successful in applied design who is not capable… … 20. HANDLES OF JAPANESE FANS. IV. THE CHARACTER WHICH COMESOF TREATMENT. Processes give rise to appropriate ornamental form—Examples : clay,metal, &c.—Ancient ornament to be studied from the point of view of itsapplication to material and process—Intelligent design—Appreciation of…

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