Owen Jones

The Grammar of Ornament - Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament

ISBN 10: 185170048X / ISBN 13: 9781851700486

Edité par Studio Editions, London, 1989

Facsimile of the classic Victorian reference work on design and the decorative arts, first published in 1856. 157pp plus many colour plates. Dark blue endpapers, gilt lettering to spine. Boards very slightly bowed and minor bumping to spine, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear with three tape repairs, otherwise good. VERY HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. N° de réf. du vendeur 017990

Synopsis :

Language: English - 350 pages - - The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones. Illustrated by Exemples from various Styles of Ornament. One Hundred and Twelve Plates. The Grammar of Ornament was originally published in 1856 by Messrs Day and Son, London.

Présentation de l'éditeur: It would be far beyond the limits of the powers of any one individual to attempt to gather together illustrations of the innumerable and ever-varying phases ofO rnamental A rt. It would be barely possible if undertaken by aG overnment, and even then it would be too voluminous to be generally useful. A ll, therefore, that I have proposed to myself in forming the collection which I have ventured to call the Grammar ofO rnament, 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 of each. I have ventured to hope that, in thus bringing into immediate juxtaposition the many forms of beauty which every style of ornament presents, I might aid in arresting that unfortunate tendency of our time to be content with copying, whilst the fashion lasts, the forms peculiar to any bygone age, without attempting to ascertain, generally completely ignoring, the peculiar circumstances which rendered an ornament beautiful, because it was appropriate, and which, as expressive of other wants when thus transplanted, as entirely fails.
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Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Owen Jones
Éditeur : Studio Editions, London
Date d'édition : 1989
Reliure : Blue Cloth Boards
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Good
Edition : Reprint.
Type de livre : Book