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Austin College would be used. After careful ccnslderati on,
the exhibition was planned to- comprise the fallowing twenty-
gig groups of photographed articles, each group comprising a
good, a mediocre, and a poor design for purposes of capari-
son: (1) tits, (2) armchairs, (3) chests, (4) bottles, (s) iron
tables with chairs, (6) covered silver dishes, (?) vases,
(8) ohina place-settings, (9) tables, (10) flower arrangements,
(11) glassware^ (13) houses, (IS) cedar chests, (14) clocks,
(18) beds, (1$) mirrors, (17) paintings of people^ (18) lamp#*
(19) straight chairs, (20) silver tea services, (21) desks,
(22) painting# of landscapes, (25) dressers, (24) vanities,
(25) silver spoons, and (26) book-jackets.
Standards for jud^in^ good deslim*—In selecting the
photographed articles for the test, the following standards
for gndgiag good design in useful articles, as set fort^t by
the American Institute of Architects, were used as a guide!
1+ The material of which an object is made, as well as
th# use to which it is to be put, must determine its form.
3. The structure of the object must control its design.
3+ The ornament (if any) placed upon an article must
emphasize it# structure.
4+ When ornament derived fron nature is used, it Must
be conventionalized,^
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Miller, Helen. An Evaluation of the Esthetic Judgment of Students in Austin College, thesis, August 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83749/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .