Architectural ornament : banishment and return

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Author:

Brolin, Brent C.

ISBN:

9780393730463

Personal Author:

Brolin, Brent C.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Revised edition of: Flight of fancy. 1st ed. 1985.

Contents:

Ornament in history -- The artist in antiquity -- Art, craft, and ornament -- Fine art and the art marketplace -- Educating the market -- Ornament and the intellect -- Regulating ornament -- Ornament in disguise: the twentieth century -- Ornament returns -- Ornament and the borrowing tradition.

Subject Term:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- History.

Added Author:

Brolin, Brent C. Flight of fancy.

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Architectural Ornament reveals the fascinating interplay of art, society, politics, and commerce from antiquity through modernism and explains ornament's near demise and recent revival. It is a stunningly documented argument against artistic chauvinism and a lively survey of modern architecture. In over 250 illustrations, Brolin shows the breadth of ornamental expression through the centuries and proposes an approach to ornament that allows new and old buildings to coexist in harmony.