Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942, Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · Chicago, Ill., Pub. for the Art Institute of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press · leaf 239
eometrical; Moorishornament is almost exclusively so. Gothic tra-cery is nothing but combinations of straightlines, circles, and the arcs of circles. The inter-esting development of decorative art which hastaken place in Germany of late years makes useof little else but the square and the circle,… … the very thing weseek. The problemis simply one ofselection and de-velopment. Howshall we set aboutour task ? For weare in the positionof Sinbad in thevalley of diamonds;we are surroundedby treasure of whichwe do not knowhow to possess our-selves. Ornament mustnot only satisfythe aesthetic…
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