INGENUITY AND LUXURY 



the artisan interwoven with that of the artist. But, 

 in the main, it is the utilitarian world that confronts 

 us. We have to do, for example, with domestic archi- 

 tecture as a practical means of satisfying man's 

 necessities and desires, rather than with architecture as 

 a fine art; and we shall be concerned with the useful 

 rather than with the esthetic aspects of clothing. Yet 

 we shall perhaps be surprised to note how closely the 

 two aspects of the subject are linked, and how generally 

 estheticism waits upon utility. Moreover, we shall 

 have occasion before we close to cross the border-line 

 of the realm of mere utility, and to make excursions 

 into the domain of art and luxury, following here the 

 example set by man himself at all stages of his career, 

 whether as savage, as barbarian, or as civilian. 



