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Art-Studies from Nature, as Applied to Design

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Art-Studies from Nature, as Applied to Design

James Glaisher, Robert Hunt and Samuel Joseph Mackie F. Edward Hulme

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Nature is the first design studio. This collection shows how seaweeds, snow crystals, and other natural forms feed ornament and pattern, with experts drawing lessons for the artist from the sea and the winter sky. Where botany and geometry meet the drawing board. Learn to lift your designs straight from the living world.

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14 chapters

  1. 1ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE,
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3I. THE ADAPTABILITY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS TO THE PURPOSES OF ORNAMENTAL ART. By EDWARD HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A.
  4. 4II. SEA-WEEDS AS OBJECTS OF DESIGN. By S. J. MACKIE, F.G.S., F.S.A.
  5. 5I.
  6. 6II.
  7. 7III. ON THE CRYSTALS OF SNOW AS APPLIED TO THE PURPOSES OF DESIGN. By JAMES GLAISHER, F.R.S.
  8. 8I.
  9. 9II.
  10. 10III.
  11. 11IV.
  12. 12IV. THE SYMMETRICAL AND ORNAMENTAL FORMS OF ORGANIC REMAINS. By ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S.
  13. 13I.
  14. 14II.
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