The Wordsworth Manual of Ornament (Wordsworth Reference)

by Richard Glazier

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

745.44

Genres

Publication

Wordsworth Editions Ltd (1995), 180 pages

Description

Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys 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-19th-century sofa by Thomas Hope. Over 700 black-and-white illustrations. 16 plates of photographs.

User reviews

LibraryThing member jpsnow

This "historic compendium" is moderately interesting in terms of its history and its content about art. Still, I'd probably recommend something else for either distinct purpose. More recent art history texts are surely more up to date and omit little of that which was observed in 1899. The

illustrations do provide a solid cross-section of the forms and styles from past periods.

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