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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 74
|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 … Daisy diaper. alone, without any indication of growth. If it wereonly the shape of the flower that led to its use, andno value were attached to its meaning, it might bemodified out of all recognition ; and every departurefrom nature would be justified by the production ofbeautiful ornament. (See…Decoration and ornament
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