Owen Jones

(Author)

The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts - The Complete and Unabridged Full-ColorHardcover, 26 July 2016

The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts - The Complete and Unabridged Full-Color
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Print Length
496 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
26 Jul 2016
ISBN-10
0691172064
ISBN-13
9780691172064

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A complete and unabridged full-color edition of the classic sourcebook on ornamental design

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 the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 and at local museums. His aim was to improve the quality of Western design by changing the habits of Victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sources.

Jones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from Maori tattoos, Egyptian columns, and Greek borders to Byzantine mosaic, Indian embroidery, and Elizabethan carvings. At once splendidly Victorian and insistently modern, The Grammar of Ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook today.

Product Details

Author:
Owen Jones
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
CN
Date Published:
26 July 2016
Dimensions:
23.62 x 20.57 x 4.06 cm
ISBN-10:
0691172064
ISBN-13:
9780691172064
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
496
Weight:
1814.37 gm

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