The order of ornament, the structure of style : theoretical foundations of modern art and architecture / Debra Schafter.

Main entry:

Schafter, Debra, 1955-

Title & Author:

The order of ornament, the structure of style : theoretical foundations of modern art and architecture / Debra Schafter.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.
Introduction -- Order of ornament in nineteenth-century theories of style -- Ornament and language -- Visual evidence -- Conclusion.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Positions nineteenth-century visual aesthetics within a broader intellectual context that is philosophical and scientific, while contributing to a new understanding of the origins of modernism outside of the premier centers often associated with the Modern movement.

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ISBN:

0521791146 (hb)
9780521791144 (hb)

Subject:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Jones, Owen.
Semper, Gottfried.
Riegl, Alois.
Decoration and ornament Europe, Central Art nouveau.
Art nouveau Europe, Central Themes, motives.
Modernism (Art) Europe, Central.
Art criticism Europe History 19th century.
Decoration and ornament, Ancient Influence.
Symbolism in art.
Symbolism in art Europe, Central.
Décoration et ornement Europe centrale Art nouveau.
Art nouveau Europe centrale Thèmes, motifs.
Modernisme (Art) Europe centrale.
Critique d'art Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Décoration et ornement antiques Influence.
Symbolisme dans l'art Europe centrale.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Art criticism.
Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.
Modernism (Art)
Art nouveau Europe, Central.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Europe, Central.
Europe.
Central Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226749
Call No.: NK1442 .S33 2003
Status: Available

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