Index.:A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T,U,V,W. List of Illustrations (etext transcriber's note) |
DESIGN AND TRADITION
“They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.”—OscarWilde.
Sketch Design for Equestrian Statue, by E. A. Rickards,F.R.I.B.A.
This drawing is remarkable as an anticipation of eventual appearance.Thoroughly impressionistic in treatment, all irrelevant detail isomitted.
UNIVERSAL ART SERIES
EDITED BY FREDERICK MARRIOTT
BY
AMOR FENN
LONDON
CHAPMAN AND HALL, LTD.
1920
THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
HARROW ROAD
LONDON
IT may be urged with some reasonable basis of truth that much of themodern art work fails to attain the level of that of the past. It mustbe conceded, however, that demand and appreciation is more general andwidely diffused. As social conditions have developed, interest inenvironment has been stimulated. Improved processes resulting in moreeconomic production have rendered possible an indulgence