{"product_id":"the-grammar-of-ornament","title":"The Grammar of Ornament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Owen Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1856, \u003cem\u003eThe Grammar of Ornament\u003c\/em\u003e remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering British architect and designer Owen Jones (1809–1874), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in Europe, the Middle East, and in his native London, where he studied objects on display at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 and at local museums. His aim was to improve the quality of Western design by changing the habits of Victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJones’s resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from Maori tattoos, Egyptian columns, and Greek borders to Byzantine mosaic, Indian embroidery, and Elizabethan carvings. At once splendidly Victorian and insistently modern, \u003cem\u003eThe Grammar of Ornament \u003c\/em\u003ecelebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacket design by Amanda Weiss\u003cbr\u003eBook design by Kate Haynes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by July 26, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 496 pages, 2,370 color images, 7.75 × 9.25 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-0-69-117206-4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244641726718,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1681\/2497\/files\/TheGrammarofOrnament.jpg?v=1780684673","url":"https:\/\/draw-down.com\/products\/the-grammar-of-ornament","provider":"Draw Down","version":"1.0","type":"link"}