No. 102. Oak Chair, English, 17th century.
Compared with the earlier period, this was a time of luxury and display, favourable to the arts generally.
Painting, freed from the restrictions of the church, broke away from the Byzantine traditions, and revelling in realism, lost to some extent its decorative character.
No. 103.
Evolution of Professional Designer
Under patronage, the individual artist and craftsman was allowed to develop on his own lines, and no longer worked under the dominance of the architect. Demand, owing to growing appreciation of artistic production, eventuated in the evolution of the professional designer.