Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 36
ys those who know best who bestappreciate ; and in proportion to their knowledgewould their appreciation be grateful to the artists ghost. The historic styles of ornament might perhapsbe called only so many fashions of the past; but, Past and Present. 23 at all events, they were not merely of a day… … Style or Fashion of Fran9ois !«. develop, culminate, and die at last a natural death .the new style developed itself as naturally fromtheir remains as a fresh plant from the seed of lastautumn. Each succeeding phase of ancient ornament em-bodied in some degree the ideas of the peopleamong whom it…
Decoration and ornament
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