Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 52
dsare only so muchwaste of energy,—there have beengraver battles toas little purposesince the world began—may-be the combatants,like other and more deadly adversaries, are warringunder the universal banner of misapprehension, thetwo factions fighting for much the same idea, onlyunder a different… … 40 Every-day Art. other seeking to subject all art to the bondage of anarrow conventionality. The obstinacy of eachparty is encouraged by the adherence of the otherto its own dogma ; and both fallacies are the moreinvincible through the alloy of truth that is in each. The relation of art to nature…
Decoration and ornament
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