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Show Need Contrast In Beauty. An essential prerequisite to all beauty Is contrast. To obtain artistic effect, light must bo put In Juxtaposition Juxtaposi-tion with shade, bright colors with dull, a fretted surfaco with a plain ono. Forto passages In music must havo piano passagos to relievo them; concerted pieces need Interspersing with solos, and rich chords must not bo continuously ropeated. This general gen-eral principle, will, I think, explain tho transformation of the bygone useful use-ful Into tho present beautiful. It is by vlrtuo of tholr contrast with our present modes ot llfo that past modes of llfo look Interesting and romantic. From "Illustrations of Universal Progress; a Series ot Discussions," by Herbert Spencer. |