ut this year, after studying the objects andquietly reading the rei)ort of the examiners, the olddepression vanishes. It is hard to say whereinthe difference lies ; for two years past signs ofnew vitality have been not wanting. Now, thetedious mechanical stuff is in so small a minoritythat it… … MIGUEL PE CER^^^JTES TITLE PAGE BV ALFRED JONES South Kensington gold medals. That this sanguine impression isnot due to the cheerful light and bright atmosphereof the day on which the press view was held iseasily disproved ; for in an adjoining gallery is aselection of best work of a score of…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-208-197.webp)
