The two paths : being lectures on art, and its application to decoration and manufacture, delivered in 1858-9 (1859)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 103
can either be said or shown on the opposite side, that it is well worth while giving it you exactly in the form it was sent to me. My friend had been maintaining that the essence of ornament consisted in three things: — contrast, series, and symmetry. I replied (by letter) that “none of them, nor… … My friend replied : — “Your materials were not ornament, because you did not apply them. I send them to you back, made up into a choice sporting neckerchief: —
Decorative arts · Art · Decoration and ornament
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