Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . ich ordinarily escape detection. Is itquite correct to bind the tendrils of the vine round the unpre-tending jugs which are dedicated to the pure fluid of the SEA-WEEDS. 107 teetotaler, or those that arecharged with foaming ale ? todefend our butter with a belt ofhissing snakes, or pass jets ofsweet water through fountains ofgigantic cockle-shells and marinemonsters ? And yet many of thesethings we constantly forgive; thensurely we might extend some ofthat mercy, if they required it, tothe
Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . ich ordinarily escape detection. Is itquite correct to bind the tendrils of the vine round the unpre-tending jugs which are dedicated to the pure fluid of the SEA-WEEDS. 107 teetotaler, or those that arecharged with foaming ale ? todefend our butter with a belt ofhissing snakes, or pass jets ofsweet water through fountains ofgigantic cockle-shells and marinemonsters ? And yet many of thesethings we constantly forgive; thensurely we might extend some ofthat mercy, if they required it, tothe sea-weeds, which we do notwithhold from reptiles, especiallyif it can be shown that they areavailable for more artistic pur-poses than for pretty picture-making in albums and herbaria,or for fancy baskets, with a hack-neyed apologetic legend, in ba-zaars. It cannot be expected that thedesigner should carry on thelaborious researches of the manof science, or make the delicatesections which the naturalist findsnecessary for the determinationof species and the comprehensionof the phenomena of structure. Ulva iinza. io8 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. and vitality; that he should have one eye for the microscope, andthe other for his pencil; nor that the philosopher should have allthe accomplishments of the artist; but as the boundless universeis dependent upon everything, that exists for its unity andharmony, so art cannot neglect even natural sciences withimpunity, for, at least, every branch is capable of adding anexpression or a charm. Pardon, therefore, the simple belief thateven the rudiments of vegetable structure and the section of asea-weed or a plant are not unworthy of inspection for artisticpurposes, and that they may suggest, if not actually exhibit, exqui-
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