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Page 177
Skeuomorphic forms or patterns , if considered as decoration , are essentially
iconic in that they attempt directly to mimic certain aspects of other materials . ) All
this is to say that there has been a wide choice of elements to use in decoration .
Skeuomorphic forms or patterns , if considered as decoration , are essentially
iconic in that they attempt directly to mimic certain aspects of other materials . ) All
this is to say that there has been a wide choice of elements to use in decoration .
Page 182
In this light , artefacts can then be considered as units comprising different
classes of information with varying levels of significance , attributable to a number
of different factors and their interaction . Their physical characteristics can be
seen ...
In this light , artefacts can then be considered as units comprising different
classes of information with varying levels of significance , attributable to a number
of different factors and their interaction . Their physical characteristics can be
seen ...
Page 201
When looked at in the light of contemporary aesthetic ideas , social factors and
their inter - relationships , and when considered in the context of as broad a
range of material culture as possible ( since the motifs used on silver candlesticks
were ...
When looked at in the light of contemporary aesthetic ideas , social factors and
their inter - relationships , and when considered in the context of as broad a
range of material culture as possible ( since the motifs used on silver candlesticks
were ...
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