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Stained glass as an art (1896)

Holiday, Henry, 1839-1927 · London, New York, Macmillan · leaf 180

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sgiven as background tothe subject of Paul atAthens. I had designedthe same theme more thanonce before, where theconditions of space wereadverse to such a treatment(Fig. 44 is an example),but here the space was verybroad, the means of realiz-ing the scene were at hand,and I found that… … 136 , Stained Glass as an z^rt correctness of this background must be regarded asa fatal bar to its adoption. On this as on all other aspects of our theme,I adhere to the principle that the decorative andtechnical beauty of the work must be our first aim,and that, with this object steadily kept in…

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