The science of beautyTrubner, 1881 |
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... ornaments to equal the colours of the commonest garden flowers ; they baffle all reproduction and beggar all de- scription ; they are incomparably fine and perfect beyond anything that human effort can achieve . All the artists in the ...
... ornaments to equal the colours of the commonest garden flowers ; they baffle all reproduction and beggar all de- scription ; they are incomparably fine and perfect beyond anything that human effort can achieve . All the artists in the ...
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... ornament attach to utility or grow out of something serviceable , as above described , the departmental disposition and order in which decoration is arranged and the amount of the same must obey similar laws of utility . We may cover a ...
... ornament attach to utility or grow out of something serviceable , as above described , the departmental disposition and order in which decoration is arranged and the amount of the same must obey similar laws of utility . We may cover a ...
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... ornament pass muster , and it will almost always be found that this apology is present even in the jimcracks of the mantelpiece and the bric - à - bracs of the cabinet . These ornaments may be divided into two classes- ( 1 . ) those ...
... ornament pass muster , and it will almost always be found that this apology is present even in the jimcracks of the mantelpiece and the bric - à - bracs of the cabinet . These ornaments may be divided into two classes- ( 1 . ) those ...
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... ornament in general , there are two other cases in which pure and perfect " beauty " will be pronounced not at all beautiful . The first is where , by reason of its position , it cannot , under ordinary circum- stances , be seen ; and ...
... ornament in general , there are two other cases in which pure and perfect " beauty " will be pronounced not at all beautiful . The first is where , by reason of its position , it cannot , under ordinary circum- stances , be seen ; and ...
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... ornament on the exterior , or at least on any part of the exterior that can be seen from a public thoroughfare , because , holding such a position , the object assaults the attention of passers - by , and if any persons are not now at ...
... ornament on the exterior , or at least on any part of the exterior that can be seen from a public thoroughfare , because , holding such a position , the object assaults the attention of passers - by , and if any persons are not now at ...
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