THE SCIENCE OF ART FORM. 



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modern articles, of which the final use and destination are shown 

 on the lower line. In the sketch to the left the fine effect is pro- 

 duced bj a few curves, of which the connections are boldly and 

 finely contrasted. In the second sketch an equally pleasing effect 

 is produced by curves, of which the principal ones are continuously 

 connected, while in the third sketch there is a pleasing exhibition 

 of both kinds of connections. The lower line gives you your first 



Contours bdtards et indecis. 



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notion of the use of ornament in marking and embellishing the 

 lines of form. 



The next view (Fig. 4) exposes forms in which the above laws 

 are violated, and by whose ugliness you can not fail to be impressed. 

 On the top line are objects of which the curves are so weak and 

 undecided that it would be difficult to state whether the connec- 

 tions are continuous or contrasted. In the second line is shown 

 how ugly is the effect when straight lines are substituted for curved 

 lines, and in the third line is shown how ugly effects may be pro- 



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duced even by curved lines when not used in obedience to some 

 accepted and apprehended principle. 



There is another presentation of form which is in reality but 

 a modification of profile, but which, because it looks as if it had 

 been separately applied, and also because it is separately treated 

 in books, must be considered by itself. The term " molding " has 

 been given to variations in surfaces which have both useful and 



