{"product_id":"ornament-a-survey-of-decoration-since-1830-by-stuart-durant","title":"Ornament: a survey of decoration since 1830 by Stuart Durant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn immense variety of ornament has been produced through the ages. Each style is quite individual, the product of particular circumstances. However, as the styles have been copied time and again to form the basis of new forms of design, often their origins have been forgotten and some of their beauty lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a pictorial survey of decoration since the Industrial Revolution. It is the first of its kind: the few great nineteenth-century works, such as Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornament, either concentrated entirely on historical examples or on contemporary material; no recent work has attempted such a wide-ranging survey. All styles of ornament are covered in turn — from nineteenth-century Encyclopedism to designs of Zandra Rhodes. Each of the twelve chapters has a detailed and concise introduction, discussing the origin and history of the style and the designers who developed it. This is followed by a wide and representative section of pictures, illustrating the variety of uses to which each style has been put. The illustrations have full and informative captions. They are taken both from rare published sources and original works and very few are at all widely known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParticular features of the book are a critical survey of the last forty years of decoration, during which a remarkable revival has taken place; the most complete bibliography so far published on the subject; and over 300 biographies of important designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe informed text and the unique collection of illustrations — both the result of years of research by the author — make this book an unrivalled source for designers, as well as an essential reference for historians and everyone with an absorbing interest in the subject of design and decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895094378570,"sku":"4082cz","price":13.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/4082cz_81c3e93f-f924-490f-a4b4-c08ba2e28966.jpg?v=1793777278","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/ornament-a-survey-of-decoration-since-1830-by-stuart-durant","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}