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by flycaliguy 2624 days ago
You might be interested in looking at and reading parts of The Grammar of Ornament. In particular some of the “principles” he spells out. I’ll link that page below.

“True beauty results from that repose which the mind feels when the eye, the intellect, and the affections, are satisfied from the absence of any want.”

https://archive.org/details/grammarornament00Jone/page/n13

The book’s evaluation of leaves and nature at the end is also relevant.