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Some principles of every-day art: introductory chapters on the arts not fine (1890)

Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, Batsford · leaf 73

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It would be desirable to considerthe growth as well as the form of the flower, and,indeed, due modification would consist in little morethan in fitting it to the space it occupied, and intreating it according to the nature of wood-carving,modelling, painting, or whatever process we mightadopt for… … |Y\py\PTBD TO SURIv^©EDE(!ORATJONl The Nature of Art. 6i necessitate less strict adherence to natural growth ;and the consideration of the secondary nature of allmere surface decoration would suggest a flatter treat-ment. One might content oneself with the flowers

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