Owen Jones / GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS STYLES 1st

Description: THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT : ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS STYLES OF ORNAMENT. ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE PLATES (FOLIO EDITION) Author: Jones, Owen Title: THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT : ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM VARIOUS STYLES OF ORNAMENT. ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE PLATES (FOLIO EDITION) Publication: London: Day and Son, Limited, 1856 Edition: First Edition Description: Hardcover. Folio [9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches]. [4],157 pages of text, 112 color plates. Rebacked in quarterbound calf over beveled boards, ruled in blind and single gilt roll, with elaborate ornament to both upper and lower boards Ten, small disc-like blind-blemishes to cloth of front board. Five raised bands (six compartments) with gilt titling to second compartment and date to bottom. Label ghost to front pastedown. Occasional light spotting, but images are not besmirched. Stunning chromolithograph plates. This magnificent masterpiece has justifiably been called "one of the great color plate books of the nineteenth century"—and it is "certainly one of the most influential.". Additional in-text plates.With the "Preface to the Folio Edition" by Jones, dated 1856. Images are clean and clear. Book shows occasional light spotting and toning,usually to page margins. Images have protective sheets. Green marker ribbon sewn in.. Owen Jones was deeply concerned with human beings expressing and creating beauty. He lovingly and painstakingly curated this brilliant compendium of ornament in an effort to identify and prove out connections amongst the widely varying expressons of visual beauty. He hoped certain "general laws" -- his 37 "Propositions"(General Principles in the Arrangement of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decodrative Arts, which are Advocated Throughout This Work) [which] "appeared to reign independently of the individual peculiarities of each. Jones also discusses the widespread tendency for a culture and its inhabitants to be content with copying, or slight variations from a particular, established stylistic "gestalt" and states as one overarching goal in assembling this book "to arrest this tendency, and to awaken a higher ambition...", for he was convinced that copying killed creativity - slowly and painfully. Finally, in that same above-mentioned preface, Owen Jones acknowledges that the collection he has amassed in The Grammar of Ornament "is very far from being complete...my chief aim, to place side by side types of such styles as might best serve as landmarks, and aids to the student in his onward path."A good, strong, and quite handsome copy of this 19th century masterful compilation and thematic lesson in the universality of ornament.NOTE: About eleven of images are sequentially numbered, as in 86 and then 86*, which accounts for the 112 plates, as stated on the title page. A too-cursory glance at the last plate, however, appears to indicate the presence of only 100. Very Good. Jones maintained that his Grammar of Ornament was not a pattern book, but a visual manual to mastering the language of beauty. He wrote: "The principles discoverable in the world of the past belong to us; not so the results." ---------- "By juxtaposing examples from a great variety of works of art and architecture—from Egyptian capitals and Grecian floor tiles, to Irish picture stones, Italian Majolica, and Indian textiles—Jones hoped artists would look beyond the practical use of the individual examples, and to the implication of the greater whole..". Femke Speelberg and Robyn Fleming (MOMA).The categories of ornament covered in this book include: 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: Mediaeval Ornament; XVII: Renaissance Ornament; XVIII: Elizabethan Ornament; XIX: Italian Ornament; XX: Leaves and Flowers from Nature. Seller ID: 87986 Subject: Art Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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