. Factory and industrial management . which an artist (excludingphotographers) would for a moment think of introducing into a pic-ture, even as a subordinate detail,—seldom one before which an in-telligent company of sight-seers would involuntarily pause in order toadmire the dignity of its form and the original beauty of its decora-tion. There are buildings enough that bear some burden of carvedStone or stamped copper, some terra-cotta modeling or colored glass. AlV AREATGNMENT OF CITY AR CHITE CTURE. 35 which one who has never studied stone carving, modeling in clay ormetal, or art glass dec
. Factory and industrial management . which an artist (excludingphotographers) would for a moment think of introducing into a pic-ture, even as a subordinate detail,—seldom one before which an in-telligent company of sight-seers would involuntarily pause in order toadmire the dignity of its form and the original beauty of its decora-tion. There are buildings enough that bear some burden of carvedStone or stamped copper, some terra-cotta modeling or colored glass. AlV AREATGNMENT OF CITY AR CHITE CTURE. 35 which one who has never studied stone carving, modeling in clay ormetal, or art glass decoration, will gaze upon in round-eyed andopen-mouthed amazement. He is sure it must be wonderful, becauseit surpasses anything he has ever seen before. True, it may surpassthe rest in ugliness ; but how should he know in which directionto look for merit ? In truth, he knows just as much about it as hewould of a book written in an unknown language. He may see thatthe paper of the book is good, the type clear, and the binding
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