10/28/2023 0 Comments Arts and crafts commercial buildingsBut though this ornament to articles of utility may be done without, man up to the present time has never done without it, and perhaps never will at any rate he does not propose to do so at present, although, as we shall see presently, he has got himself into somewhat of a mess in regard to his application of art. Theoretically this ornament can be done without, and art would then cease to be “applied” – would exist as a kind of abstraction, I suppose. What are we to understand by that title? I should answer that what the Society means by applied art is the ornamental quality which men choose to add to articles of utility. “Applied Art” is the title which the Society has chosen for that portion of the arts which I have to speak to you about.
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