CHAPTER X

THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND

Importance of Formal Pattern as an Aid to Visibility--Pattern and Free Rendering Compared--First Impressions Lasting--Medieval Choice of Natural Forms Governed by a Question of Pattern 96

CONTOURS OF SURFACE

Adaptation of Old Designs to Modern Purposes--"Throwing About"--Critical Inspection of Work from a Distance as it Proceeds 103

ORIGINALITY

Dangers of Imposing Words--Novelty more Common than Originality--An Unwholesome Kind of "Originality" 108

PIERCED PATTERNS

Exercise in Background Pattern--Care as to Stability--Drilling and Sawing out the Spaces--Some Uses for Pierced Patterns 110