42 THE ORIGIN OF DECORATION agencies as accidental change or degeneration alone is not possible. Patterns that progress — if it is pro- gression— by such means result in something akin to the mastery of the design over the designer, a state of things far removed from that in which work was composed… … FIG. 23. generate schools of design exhibiting accidental patterns lacking clear decorative intention is, how- ever, by no means to be neglected. It is true that the ideas of prehistoric man and savages afford an unsatisfactory introduction to the designs of the great masters, for the principles…
Decoration and ornament
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