The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts by Owen Jones

The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts

Owen Jones

496 pages • first pub 1856 (editions)

nonfiction art design reference informative slow-paced
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First published in 1856, 'The Grammar of Ornament' remains a design classic. As Owen Jones, its creator, admired the array of ornament he encountered on his global travels, so his distaste grew for mongrel design which married unrelated styles wit...

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