Art of decorative design
Dresser, Christopher
Art of decorative design - Cambridge Cambridge University press 2019 - xi,241p.
Contents
Chapter 1. Primarily, on the nature and character of ornament 1
Chapter 2. The ministrations of plants to ornament 22
Chapter 3. Grades in decorative art 34
Chapter 4. The affinity of the aesthetic arts – Music, Ornament etc. 42
Chapter 5. Analysis of ornamental forms 49
Chapter 6. Order 67
Chapter 7. Repetition 84
Chapter 8. Curves 95
Chapter 9. Proportion 102
Chapter 10. Alternation 107
Chapter 11. Adaptation 116
Chapter 12. The power of ornament to express feelings and ideas 165
Chapter 13. Principles common to ornament 178
Appendix 191-211
Characteristic Plants of Different Countries
Europe 214
Asia 221
Siberia 226
Africa 228
North America 233
South America 237
Polynesia 240
Australia and New Zealand 240
9781108080408
745.409 / DRE
Art of decorative design - Cambridge Cambridge University press 2019 - xi,241p.
Contents
Chapter 1. Primarily, on the nature and character of ornament 1
Chapter 2. The ministrations of plants to ornament 22
Chapter 3. Grades in decorative art 34
Chapter 4. The affinity of the aesthetic arts – Music, Ornament etc. 42
Chapter 5. Analysis of ornamental forms 49
Chapter 6. Order 67
Chapter 7. Repetition 84
Chapter 8. Curves 95
Chapter 9. Proportion 102
Chapter 10. Alternation 107
Chapter 11. Adaptation 116
Chapter 12. The power of ornament to express feelings and ideas 165
Chapter 13. Principles common to ornament 178
Appendix 191-211
Characteristic Plants of Different Countries
Europe 214
Asia 221
Siberia 226
Africa 228
North America 233
South America 237
Polynesia 240
Australia and New Zealand 240
9781108080408
745.409 / DRE