Design and Tradition; A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts

by Amor Fenn

Excerpt from Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts As a result of this more general appreciation the professional services of the artist are necessarily in greater request, thus affording a sphere of work not only lucrative but temperamentally attractive. At the present time the facilities available to the prospective artist are considerably greater than at any previous period. In every district and important centre, there are schools ... Read More

Excerpt from Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts As a result of this more general appreciation the professional services of the artist are necessarily in greater request, thus affording a sphere of work not only lucrative but temperamentally attractive. At the present time the facilities available to the prospective artist are considerably greater than at any previous period. In every district and important centre, there are schools specialising in the Arts and Crafts, giving opportunities for training at fees that are purely nominal. Most of these deal with the various phases of artistic expression on logical and sound lines, but the knowledge and experience essential to a successful artistic career is invariably acquired in professional Work to which the art school training is preparatory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read Less