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SO WHY FRAME SOMETHING, ANYWAY?

The concept of the picture frame can be described as the medium through which fine arts are merged with architecture and the decorative arts, and it must fulfil some or all of the following functions (not in any particular order!)

Protection of the Picture
Enable attachment to the wall
Enhance subject and colour scheme
Define the picture's perimeter
Focus the spectator's attention on the subject
Provide an area of transition between the real world & that of the picture
Create harmony with the surrounding interior decoration
Isolate the picture from a distracting background
It must exist as a pleasing ornamental object in its own right!

"Without Art, the crudeness of reality would make the World unbearable" - George Bernard Shaw

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness.

It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colours flowers, so does art colour life.
- John Lubbock -