Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 50
is not modern, that is to say, such Indian,Eersian, Japanese or other Eastern art, as is tradi-tional, and has changed little or not at all forcenturies, . All that we know about the ornament of thefuture is that it must be influenced by what hasgone before. What that influence will be is matterfor… … Modern traditional ornament. 38 Every-day Art. different. Yet, when we come to reflect how near weare to the most remote of our race, and how littleof novelty there is in art, we are more disposed tobelieve that the elements of all possible art lieburied in the ruins of what has been. The past is…
Decoration and ornament
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