Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 46
to the art of the par-ticular period or peoplethat afforded the mostperfect examples of thatkind; according to ourparticular difficulty weshould refer to the par-ticular style of art inwhich it had been mostsatisfactorily solved. Notwithstanding thebeauty of a great dealof old work (and someof it… … D 34 Every-day Art. charm of a design vanishes at once when we discoverthat it is only a reflection of something better thatis past and dead. We grow tired of the continualrepetition of the same beautiful but long-since life-less forms. On the contrary, our respect for the con-summate art, the…
Decoration and ornament
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