Art of Decorative Design

This illustrated 1862 book, describing how to incorporate ornament into design, encouraged the middle classes to decorate their homes themselves.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Primarily, on the nature and character of ornament; 2. The ministrations of plants to ornament; 3. Grades in decorative art; 4. The affinity of the aesthetic arts; 5. Analysis of ornamental forms; 6. Order; 7. Repetition; 8. Curves; 9. Proportion; 10. Alternation; 11. Adaptation; 12. The power of ornament to express feelings and ideas; 13. Principles common to ornament; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dresser, Dresser Christopher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108080408
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08040-8
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ART / General, Art forms, The Arts: art forms