The book Modern Bookbindings Their Design And Decoration was written by author S T Sarah Treverbian Prideaux Here you can read free online of Modern Bookbindings Their Design And Decoration book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Modern Bookbindings Their Design And Decoration a good or bad book?
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There is obviously no such thing as * new F 82 MODERN FRENCH BINDING art ' — there is simply art or there is not, and there can be no real art without good craftsmanship. Under pretext of invent- ing a style that was to Belong to the cen- tury, all that was done was to perpetuate grotesqueness instead of originality and a burlesque of ideas in their application to binding. Meanwhile discussion as to the limitations of material naturally became faster and more furious, while the literature on th...e subject grew apace. In 1896 a controversy arose between Gruel and Michel, the former being supported by Bosquet, a binder holding an important position in the library of Messrs. Hachette and a frequent writer on his craft both in its historical and technical aspects. We, for whom the artistic crafts occupy a very subordinate position, can hardly im- agine the heat of discussion that rages round a subject like this in France. The comba- tants at once range themselves on opposite sides, and the weapons used are all the resources of a language pre-eminently suited 39 Bound by Mercier.
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