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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 7, July, 1895, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 7, July, 1895 Author: Various Release Date: March 6, 2005 [eBook #15270] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BROCHURE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION, VOL. 1, NO. 7, JULY, 1895*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Frank van Drogen, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 15270-h.htm or 15270-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/2/7/15270/15270-h/15270-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/2/7/15270/15270-h.zip) THE BROCHURE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION. VOL. I. JULY, 1895. No. 7. ITALIAN WROUGHT IRON. The wrought iron of the middle ages, and of the time of the Renaissance, and even down to the last century, in Italy, France, and Germany showed, in the crudest examples, the principal virtues of all true decorative art. The reason is not far to seek. The difficulties in the way of working the material with ease imposed certain limitations in design and execution which could not well be disregarded. The lack of machinery (which is responsible for much of the uninteresting character of our modern work) necessarily compelled the use of comparatively simple and straightforward methods. It was difficult to avoid the tell-tale marks of the smith's work, and there were limits beyond which his skill could not carry it. Furthermore the designer, taking these limitations into account, learned to make the most of his possibilities, and to adapt his design to the material--to design in the material. How different from the methods generally in use now! Designs made to imitate something done in another material, turned out by the hundred from a machine which leaves no indication of its work, with all interest of craftsmanship lacking, except in places where it may be vulgarly th
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