Elementary principles of ornament / by James Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, James, 1851-1924.

Contributor:

Ward, James, 1851-1924., Illustrator.

Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York., Former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament.

Genre:

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1890.

Gold blocked bindings (Binding)

Physical Description:

viii, 91 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Chapman and Hall, 1890.

Contents:

Chapter I. Definition of ornament. Methods of expression. Straight lined ornament.

Chapter II. The curved line in ornament. Explanation of the leading principles.

Chapter III. The proper decoration of moulding. The ornamental treatment of walls, ceilings, and floor. Relief modelled work.

Chapter IV. The proper and improper shapes of plane. Uniformity. Selection and arrangement of decorative elements. Painted ornament. Division of forms and shapes in architecture, &c.

Chapter V. The division of ornament into six great clashes or divisions. Three of these classes described.

Chapter VI. The fourth, fifth, and sixth divisions of ornament described. Suggestions in ornament from plant-form and growth. Plants common in historic styles.

Chapter VII. The application of plants in design and ornament. The acanthus. Its use by the ancients on capitals, candelabra, and on flat surfaces. The natural, and various conventional types, &c.

Chapter VIII. The symbolic and mnemonic classes of ornament explained.

Chapter IX. Christian symbolism. Comparison of symbolic and asesthetic ornament.

Glossary.

Notes:

Many of the illustrations signed "J W" for James Ward."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in brown cloth with gilt design of a bird in title block, and a royal cipher below this design.

Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.

OCLC:

893727