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On his grand tour of europe and the near east, young architect jones british, 18091874 was inspired to create an accurate and unprecedented record of coloured decorations and ornamental motifs from many periods, countries, and. The small format fits well in the hand and has a nice heft 504 pages at 1. Click download or read online button to owen jones the grammar of ornament coloringbook book pdf for free now. Its inspiration came from the pioneering architect and designer owen jones. Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones 18091874, who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color. He helped pioneer modern colour theory, and his theories on flat patterning and ornament still resonate with contemporary designers today he rose to prominence with his studies of. Owen joness magnum opus, the grammar of ornament, is a sumptuous collection of exotic patterns, and a midnineteenthcentury masterpiece of chromolithography. Aesthetics, decoration and ornament, history, victorian style, themes, motives. Bedford, and printed in colours by day and son london. Download first published in 1856, the grammar of ornament remains a design classic. Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones 18091874, who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in. Owen jones was a british architect and designer who lived from 1809 to 1874.
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