The Grammar of Ornament
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891788167 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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No Illustrations in Paperback Edition! Alison Be warned that there are no illustrations whatsoever in the paperback edition of this book published by General Books. There's really no point to this book without the illustrations. The item description is not clear at all and does not specify that there are no color plates in the paperback. The item description is for a digital version of the book and the "look i. "Avoid like the plague" according to JamesB. Before purchasing I would have wanted to know that:This was an OCR scan copy and that the OCR is full of garbage pages.This doesn't contain any of the COLOUR prints for which this book is so well known.This doesn't contain ANY prints at all - and is consequently utterly devoid of purpose.A truly comprehensive gutting of an important design work, a visual reference . "Grammar of Ornament - across the ages. Design elements" according to P. Stang. this book was 1st published in 1856, and later republished in this form. It provides a historical perspective to Design among many different cultures. My sister was looking for this book for her collection; so when I bought it for her I also get a copy for me. It is 500 pgs - a wealth of knowledge and history for those interested in Design. It is beautifully produc
. However, paper reprints of the original are available at a reasonable cost, so it is hard to understand why this title was selected for Octavo's otherwise rare books on disc series. This is the first Octavo disc with which this reviewer experienced performance problems. From Library Journal This disc reproduces the printed The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones (London, 1856), with supplementary color plates from the 1868 edition. Response time was consistently slow even on a robust machine, owing (presumably) to the graphics-heavy nature of this title. This disc continues Octavo's pattern of c
It was the concept of Owen Jones (1808–74), a young Welsh architect, who at the age of twenty-three went on his grand tour to visit Turkey, Egypt, Sicily, and Spain. The Grammar of Ornament is by any standards a remarkable book. Jones’ first book, Plans, Details, and Sections of the Alhambra, was the first of many projects leading toward his magnum opus, The Grammar of Ornament. He could not find any printer in London able to meet his requirements; with the help of lithographic printers Day and Haghe he set up his own lithographic press and trained his own workmen at his own expense, having to sell part of the Welsh estate left him by his father to pay the costs of printing. When it was first published in 1856, it was the first time that so many illustrations of ornament, of many periods and from many countries, had ever been shown in color in one work. Commentary by Ruari McLean.. Jones made detailed drawings of the Palace, and in August 1834, he returned to England carrying not only his drawings, but also an enormous number of casts: "To ensure perfect accuracy, an impression of every ornament throughout the palace was taken, either in plaster or with unsized paper, the low relief of the ornaments of the Alhambra rendering them peculiarly susceptible of this process." Jones’ aim was not to produce general artistic views, but to provide scientific accuracy in making an exact and detailed record of ornaments and colored decorations consisting largely of