New Grammar of Ornament Contributor(s): Weil, Thomas (Author), Schütz, Heinz (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Will, Manuel (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 3037786531 ISBN-13: 9783037786536 Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Design | History & Criticism - Design | Textile & Costume - Art | Digital |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.8" W x 9.4" (2.00 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: Updating Owen Jones' 1856 classic: the new standard typology of ornament, spanning centuries and cultures Ornaments are omnipresent: they can be found on buildings, fabrics, jewelry, tiles, ceramics and wallpaper. Scorned at the outset of the modern age, ornament has long since returned to architecture and influences design drafts as much as tattoo motifs. In New Grammar of Ornament, German architect and designer Thomas Weil compares current ornamental objects with the results of archaeological research on ornamental artifacts, and concludes that there is an anthropological constant. From the recurring arrangements of stripes, rectangles, triangles and dots and the frequency of the forms of floral ornaments used, he derives a new "grammar of ornament." More than 160 years after Owen Jones' publication of that name, New Grammar of Ornament is a new reference work. It categorizes the variety of ornamental forms used worldwide and places them in a major art and cultural-historical context. |