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A handbook of ornament : a grammar of art industrial and arctitectural designing in all its branches for practical as well as theoretical use / by Franz Sales Meyer ; 300 plates containing about 3000 illustrations of the elements, and the application of decoration to objects.

By: Language: English Original language: German Series: Dover pictorial archive seriesPublisher: New York : Dover Publications Incorporated, 2016Edition: Dover editionDescription: xiv, 548 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780486203027
Other title:
  • Handbuch der Ornamentik
Subject(s):
Contents:
The elements of decorations -- Geometrical elements -- Natural forms -- The organisms of plants (the flora of ornament) -- Animal organisms (the fauna of ornament) -- Human organism -- Artificial objects -- Ornament applied to features -- Bands -- Free ornaments -- Supports -- Enclosed ornaments, or panels -- Repeating ornaments, or diapers -- Decorated objects -- Vases, etc. -- Holders -- Dippers -- Pourers -- Drinking vessels -- Metal objects -- Utensils for illumination -- Religious utensils -- Utensils of war and hunting; weapons -- Table utensils -- Various domestic utensils, etc. -- Furniture -- Seats -- Tables -- Cabinets -- Miscellaneous -- Frames, etc. -- Jewelry -- Heraldry -- Writing, printing, etc.
Summary: This is an unabridged reproduction of the latest enlarged edition of the largest collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. Reproducing material from Greek and Roman, Medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, Baroque, early 19th century origin, it presents artists, decorators, students, craftsmen, teachers with more than 3300 designs, in 300 full plates. 180 plates show such design elements as networks, Gothic tracery, geometric elements, akanthos leaves, lotus ornamentation, animal ornamentation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals, link borders, finials, crockets, gargoyles, foliations, panels, repeated ornaments, and hundreds of other design elements. 100 plates show decoration applied to such objects as Greek vases, cups, bottles, lamps, chandeliers, religious utensils, weapons, furniture, jewelry, and scores of other artifacts. 20 plates show heraldic motifs and ornamental letters.

This edition first published: 1957.

First published in German in 1888.

Includes index.

The elements of decorations -- Geometrical elements -- Natural forms -- The organisms of plants (the flora of ornament) -- Animal organisms (the fauna of ornament) -- Human organism -- Artificial objects -- Ornament applied to features -- Bands -- Free ornaments -- Supports -- Enclosed ornaments, or panels -- Repeating ornaments, or diapers -- Decorated objects -- Vases, etc. -- Holders -- Dippers -- Pourers -- Drinking vessels -- Metal objects -- Utensils for illumination -- Religious utensils -- Utensils of war and hunting; weapons -- Table utensils -- Various domestic utensils, etc. -- Furniture -- Seats -- Tables -- Cabinets -- Miscellaneous -- Frames, etc. -- Jewelry -- Heraldry -- Writing, printing, etc.

This is an unabridged reproduction of the latest enlarged edition of the largest collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. Reproducing material from Greek and Roman, Medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, Baroque, early 19th century origin, it presents artists, decorators, students, craftsmen, teachers with more than 3300 designs, in 300 full plates. 180 plates show such design elements as networks, Gothic tracery, geometric elements, akanthos leaves, lotus ornamentation, animal ornamentation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals, link borders, finials, crockets, gargoyles, foliations, panels, repeated ornaments, and hundreds of other design elements. 100 plates show decoration applied to such objects as Greek vases, cups, bottles, lamps, chandeliers, religious utensils, weapons, furniture, jewelry, and scores of other artifacts. 20 plates show heraldic motifs and ornamental letters.