Ornament A Social History since 1450 |
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| Author:
| Snodin, Michael
Howard, Maurice |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-06455-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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This wide-ranging surveys the Western tradition of ornament from Renaissance interiors to gypsy caravans to the decoration of airliners. Placing ornamental design in a social context, it traces the various ways ornament has been used, the rules of decorum and etiquette associated with it, and the social, moral and spiritual values that ornament has conveyed and represented through the past five centuries.
This wide-ranging surveys the Western tradition of ornament from Renaissance interiors to gypsy caravans to the decoration of airliners. Placing ornamental design in a social context, it traces the various ways ornament has been used, the rules of decorum and etiquette associated with it, and the social, moral and spiritual values that ornament has conveyed and represented through the past five centuries.