Architect, decorator and teacher, Owen Jones supervised work at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London and his decoration of the Crystal Palace was unanimously acclaimed. His work, The Grammar of Ornament, was first published in 1856 and is still an indispensable reference tool. Its encyclopedic approach offers a unique vision of the decorative styles throughout time. The Grammar of Ornament is a treatise of the most significant forms of ornamental motifs. Organized in twenty chapters, each with an introductary text, these plates were compiled by Owen Jones, assisted by his students, from museum documents and existing historical and scientific publications. Its extremely varied illustrations make The Grammar of Ornament essential to the history of decorative arts.

Grammar of Ornaments

Arts & Photography

Jones. Owen

Decorative Arts & Design

Pearson College Div

THE PHENOMENAL BESTSELLER 'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year 'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the Year Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged. 'A book of revelations ... The Establishment have stitched it up - stitched you up - and they know it' Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education Supplement 'A dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book' Philip Pullman 'Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times' David Kynaston, The Times Literary Supplement 'You will be enlightened and angry' Irvine Welsh

The Establishment

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Penguin Press

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Establishment, an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes next\n'An absorbing, nuanced account of the making of electoral disaster' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian Books of the Year\n'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman Books of the Year\nWe live in an age of upheaval. The global crisis of Covid-19 has laid bare the deep social and economic inequalities which were the toxic legacy of austerity. These revolutionary times are an opportunity for a radical rethink of Britain as we know it, as the politically impossible suddenly becomes imaginable.\nAnd yet, the Left's last attempt to upend the established order and transform millions of lives came to a crashing halt on 12th December 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn led the Labour party to its worst electoral defeat since 1935. In This Land, Owen Jones provides an insider's honest and unflinching appraisal of a movement: how it promised to change everything, why it went so badly wrong, where this failure leaves its values and ideas, and where the Left goes next in the new world we find ourselves in.\nHe takes us on a compelling, page-turning journey through a tumultuous decade in British politics, gaining unprecedented access to key figures across the political spectrum. It is a tale of high hopes and hubris, dysfunction and disillusionment. There is, Jones urges, no future for any progressive project that does not face up to and learn from its errors. We have the opportunity to build a fairer country and a more equal world, but if our time is to come, then we must learn from our past.

This Land: The Struggle for the Left

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin

Allen Lane.

The Grammar of Ornament (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Grammar of OrnamentSecondly. That however varied the manifestations in accordance with these laws, the leading ideas on which they are based are very few.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Forgotten Books

The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales: Collected Out of Ancient Manuscripts; Volume 1

Thomas, John.

Morganwg, Iolo

Music

Franklin Classics

The grammar of ornament

The Grammar of Ornament

Waring, J B. 1823-1875

Westwood, J O. 1805-1893

History

First published in 1856, this re-issue includes the complete text and fine artworks from the original book. All styles of ornamental decoration are covered: Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Indian, Chinese. It also contains the Manifesto of Design that inspired design greats like William Morris.

The Grammar of Ornament: Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Van Nostrand-Reinhold Co.

Quarto, 1981, PP.48, Examples Of 19th Century Native Art From The Ming, Ching, And Earlier Dynasties

Chinese Design and Pattern in Full Color

History & Criticism

Dover Pubns

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