The grammar of ornament : a visual reference of form and colour in architecture and the decorative arts

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First published in 1856, The Grammar of Ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones (1809--1874), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color. Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in Europe, the Middle East, and in his native London, where he studied objects on display at...

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Jones, Owen, 1809-1874. Grammar of ornament

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ISBN:

9780691172064

Description:

496 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:

"The Grammar of Orient was first published in 1856 by Day & Son, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London."--Title page verso
Includes contemporary commentaries
Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents:

Introduction
Preface to Owen Jones's original folio edition
General principles
Ornament of savage tribes
Egyptian ornament
Assyrian and Persian ornament
Greek ornament
Pompeian ornament
Roman ornament
Byzantine ornament
Arabian ornament
Turkish ornament
Moresque ornament from the Alhambra
Persian ornament
Indian ornament
Hindoo ornament
Chinese ornament
Celtic ornament
Mediæval ornament
Renaissance ornament
Elizabethan ornament
Italian ornament
Leaves and flowers from nature
Index to the commentaries and introduction
Index to Owen Jones's text
Owen Jones : a chronology

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2015955274

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2666717

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