DOI issue:
Nr. 219 (May, 1915)
DOI article:Sell, Henry Blackman: Interpretation not imitation
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43458#0239
Interpretation not Imitation
DECORATIVE DETAILS SHOWING UNITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE
as we do the ear of the mind, and, by the dis-
cernment of colour’s innate harmonies, by ap-
prehending the eloquence that inheres in the
mere qualities of line as line or of modulated
surface pattern, a more intimate and natural
expression of spirit in the terms of pure de-
sign. Only through such an interpretation of
nature, based upon simple principle, will the art
of architecture and its painting and sculpture be
raised above imitation and the character of a
building become truly intimate—a great interpre-
tation once more elemental as a work of art.
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DECORATIVE DETAILS SHOWING UNITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE
as we do the ear of the mind, and, by the dis-
cernment of colour’s innate harmonies, by ap-
prehending the eloquence that inheres in the
mere qualities of line as line or of modulated
surface pattern, a more intimate and natural
expression of spirit in the terms of pure de-
sign. Only through such an interpretation of
nature, based upon simple principle, will the art
of architecture and its painting and sculpture be
raised above imitation and the character of a
building become truly intimate—a great interpre-
tation once more elemental as a work of art.
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