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The Grammar of Ornament
A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts - The complete and unabridged full-color edition
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Ideal for design professionals, historians, artists, and anyone interested in the history and variety of global ornamental design. Those fascinated by architectural decoration and Victorian aesthetics will find this an indispensable sourcebook.
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See moreThe complete and unabridged full-color edition 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 de
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The complete and unabridged full-colour edition of The Grammar of Ornament was first published in 1856 and 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 colour.
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.
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Reviewers highlight the book’s appeal to architects, design enthusiasts, and antiquarians, noting the delightful and accessible illustrations. Ted Loos from Introspective Magazine praises it as an excellent resource for understanding intricate decorative patterns from diverse cultures, making it suitable for casual browsing and serious study alike.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780691172064
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 July 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: The complete and unabridged full-color edition
Illustration: 2,370 color illus.
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Width: 197.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 1814g
Pages: 496
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About the Author
Owen Jones (180974) was an English-born Welsh architect and one of the most important design theorists of the nineteenth century. He taught applied arts at the South Kensington School of Design in the 1850s and served as Superintendent of Works at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was a key figure in the founding of the South Kensington Museum, which later became the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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