TY - GEN AU - Dresser, Christopher TI - Art of decorative design SN - 9781108080408 U1 - 745.409 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University press KW - N1 - 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 ER -