Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
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, must govern it. An ornament that would beadmirable applied to one object, might be detestable if applied to another. A design cannot be made without reference to its future application.
First: The material must be considered. Heavy and hard materials, such aswood and stone, will not admit of as delicate curves and lines as textilefabrics, such as cotton and woolen goods, laces, etc.
Second: The manner in which the article is to be made, whether by weaving, cutting, carving, casting, etc.
Thir...d: The position the object is to occupy. If elevated or otherwiseremote from the eye, elaborate finish and minute detail are useless. Ornamental art, from time immemorial, has attained its greatest excellenceand exercised its greatest influence in connection with architecture.
In fact, the study of ornament is inseparable from that of architecture. Itis upon architectural forms that the greatest artists have in all agesexpended their greatest efforts and skill, and in a treatise on historicornament they are decidedly the most interesting and important object ofstudy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, must govern it. An ornament that would beadmirable applied to one object, might be detestable if applied to another. A design cannot be made without reference to its future application.
First: The material must be considered. Heavy and hard materials, such aswood and stone, will not admit of as delicate curves and lines as textilefabrics, such as cotton and woolen goods, laces, etc.
Second: The manner in which the article is to be made, whether by weaving, cutting, carving, casting, etc.
Thir...d: The position the object is to occupy. If elevated or otherwiseremote from the eye, elaborate finish and minute detail are useless. Ornamental art, from time immemorial, has attained its greatest excellenceand exercised its greatest influence in connection with architecture.
In fact, the study of ornament is inseparable from that of architecture. Itis upon architectural forms that the greatest artists have in all agesexpended their greatest efforts and skill, and in a treatise on historicornament they are decidedly the most interesting and important object ofstudy.
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