A Manual of Historic Ornament

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a Manual of
Historic Ornament
Richard Glazier
This treasure trove of designs from cultures around the world presents an especially comprehensive survey of the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts—from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic, early-nineteenth-century sofa by Thomas Hope.
Professor Glazier's compact, easy-to-use guide includes more than 700 of his own line drawings and 16 plates of photographs—expressly chosen for the quality of the design and typical of each period of style. The finely detailed renderings depict a wide array of decorative art, including painted pilasters from Pompeii, early Gothic stone carvings, Indian rugs of geometrical designs, motifs on Peruvian textiles. Renaissance embroidery, the illuminated page of a French manuscript, a handsome sixteenth-century Prussian stoneware mug, a Celtic cross, a golden candlestick, heraldic... Tovább

Fülszöveg

a Manual of
Historic Ornament
Richard Glazier
This treasure trove of designs from cultures around the world presents an especially comprehensive survey of the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts—from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic, early-nineteenth-century sofa by Thomas Hope.
Professor Glazier's compact, easy-to-use guide includes more than 700 of his own line drawings and 16 plates of photographs—expressly chosen for the quality of the design and typical of each period of style. The finely detailed renderings depict a wide array of decorative art, including painted pilasters from Pompeii, early Gothic stone carvings, Indian rugs of geometrical designs, motifs on Peruvian textiles. Renaissance embroidery, the illuminated page of a French manuscript, a handsome sixteenth-century Prussian stoneware mug, a Celtic cross, a golden candlestick, heraldic panels, armor, a detail from a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral, Greek terra cotta, a Persian plate, Polynesian ornament, Flemish brass, friezes from the Parthenon, Sevres porcelain, and other representations of ornamental art.
This practical reference will not only acquaint readers with the beauty and vitality of the industrial arts of the past, but will also familiarize them with the capabilities and limitations of material, and the appropriateness and application of ornament. This is "the ideal manual for the student or craftsman, and those who are wise enough to purchase it will possess not only an invaluable work of reference, but a source of inspiration as well."—The Decorator.
Unabridged Dover (2002) republication of the 6th edition (1948) of A Manual of \
Historic Ornament, originally published in 1899 by B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London. Bibliography. Index. Over 700 black-and-white illustrations. 16 plates of photo- § j
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