{"product_id":"9781626542433","title":"The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful, highly influential book, long a classic in its field, remains today one of the most comprehensive and best-organized presentations of historic ornamental design. The original 100 color plates, meticulously reproduced here from the rare original folio edition, present a dazzling spectrum of copyright-free design motifs from both ancient and modern cultures. \u003ci\u003eThe Grammar of Ornament\u003c\/i\u003e features designs from around the world: the West to the Far East and many cultures in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraphic and fine artists will find nearly three thousand designs rendered in fine detail from a variety of sources:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreek and Roman borders and mosaics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCeltic designs taken from manuscripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotifs from medieval paintings and stained glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloral patterns from Chinese porcelain, wood, and fabrics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIlluminated script from the Koran\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrnamentation from Turkish mosques and tombs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoorish designs from the Alhambra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnoisseurs of art and design will find the book's rich display of decorative motifs an endless source of contemplative pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of the celebrated English designer and architect Owen Jones, \u003ci\u003eThe Grammar of Ornament\u003c\/i\u003e, initially published in 1856, was the first book to present a global and historical range of ornament in color, the first to display \"primitive\" art for its design content, and among the first to suggest nature as a basic design source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely used and circulated, this prophetic work ushered in a major change in Western aesthetics and heralded the move towards nonrepresentational art. Its value as a beautifully organized and produced pictorial museum of historic ornamental design remains unsurpassed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064171380976,"sku":"9781626542433","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626542433_p0.jpg?v=1763862475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626542433","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}