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... became the chief resources of decorative design , taking the place of ornament ( Figure 47 ) . Earlier attempts at the functional mode suffered from too much anxiety over simplicity and unity and thus became monotonous and cold . Photo ...
... became the chief resources of decorative design , taking the place of ornament ( Figure 47 ) . Earlier attempts at the functional mode suffered from too much anxiety over simplicity and unity and thus became monotonous and cold . Photo ...
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... became more daring . Children's clothes were less sensible and comfortable than they had been 50 to 60 years before . What had started in the 1820s as rational dress for boys had been formalized into the rigid discomfort of the Eton ...
... became more daring . Children's clothes were less sensible and comfortable than they had been 50 to 60 years before . What had started in the 1820s as rational dress for boys had been formalized into the rigid discomfort of the Eton ...
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... became dominant at the higher levels ; elabo- rate courts were established , together with Buddhistic and Brahmanistic rites . The Indian epics , given a local setting , became the literature of the people . Indian culture exerted its ...
... became dominant at the higher levels ; elabo- rate courts were established , together with Buddhistic and Brahmanistic rites . The Indian epics , given a local setting , became the literature of the people . Indian culture exerted its ...
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