| Jan 1857 to Dec 1858 |
 Christopher Dresser publishes “Botany as Adapted to the Arts and Art-Manufacture” in The Art Journal as an eleven-part essay.
Image: Christopher Dresser, nature’s diaper patterns, from “Botany as Adapted to the Arts and Art-Manufacture” (1857-1858). Public domain.
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| 24 Nov 1859 to 24 Nov 1859 |
Publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Image. "Charles Darwin, on the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859.
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| 1862 |
 Expanding on his studies of botany and ornament, the designer Christopher Dresser publishes The Art of Decorative Design, in which he argues that ornamentists should look to the laws that orchestrate plant growth and the laws that condition how the human mind reacts to form. Dresser’s “scientific” approach to design engages with the then-new empirical inquiries into aesthetic perception, the physiological or psychological aesthetics. Exact month of publication unknown.
Image: Plate II from Dresser, The Art of Decorative Design (1862). Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.
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