The grammar of ornament : illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament, one hundred and twelve plates / Owen Jones

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., c1972Description: 157 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cmISBN:
  • 442241755
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK 1510 .J66 1972
Contents:
Chapter I. Ornament of savage tribes -- II. Egyptian Ornament -- III. Assyrian and persian ornament -- IV. Greek ornament -- V. Pompeian ornament -- VI. Roman ornament -- VII. Byzantine ornament -- VIII. Arabian ornament -- IX. Turkish ornament -- X. Moresque ornament from the alhambra -- XI. Persian ornament -- XII. Indian ornament -- XIII. Hindoo ornament -- XIV. Chinese ornament -- XV. Celtic ornament -- XVI. Medieval ornament.
Summary: This book has been to select a few of the most prominent types in certain styles closely connected with each other, and in which certain general laws appeared to reign independently of the individual peculiarities if each.
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Chapter I. Ornament of savage tribes -- II. Egyptian Ornament -- III. Assyrian and persian ornament -- IV. Greek ornament -- V. Pompeian ornament -- VI. Roman ornament -- VII. Byzantine ornament -- VIII. Arabian ornament -- IX. Turkish ornament -- X. Moresque ornament from the alhambra -- XI. Persian ornament -- XII. Indian ornament -- XIII. Hindoo ornament -- XIV. Chinese ornament -- XV. Celtic ornament -- XVI. Medieval ornament.

This book has been to select a few of the most prominent types in certain styles closely connected with each other, and in which certain general laws appeared to reign independently of the individual peculiarities if each.

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