Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture and Theory in an Age of Transition

Flores, Carol A. Hrvol

ISBN 10: 0847828042 / ISBN 13: 9780847828043

Published by Rizzoli, 2006

About this Item

First American, very good + oversized cloth hardcover with rubbing along bottom edges particularly at corners, in very good + jacket (75.00 price present) that shows noticeable rubbing along top edge and top corner portion of cover. 276 pages beautifully and generously illustrated in color. Remains an attractive copy of this look at "the singular vision of Owen Jones - the nineteenth century British architect, designer, and author who created the decoration for the crystal palace and published the landmark book The Grammar of Ornament".

Seller Inventory # 10375

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture and Theory in an Age of Transition
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847828042
• ISBN 13: 9780847828043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture & Design

About this title

Synopsis

Owen Jones was, and still remains, a highly influential force in the world of architecture and design. His prolific and impressive work—captured here in its various stages through drawings, architectural plans, and photographs—is as current, imaginative, and important now as when it first emerged more than 125 years ago. Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture & Theory in an Age in Transition fills a serious gap in the history of Victorian design. In his early career Jones was recognized as an authority on Oriental design. In the 1850s he was commissioned to decorate the interior of Joseph Paxton's magnificent World's Fair Crystal Palace in London. Other signature projects include St. James' Hall, the Crystal Palace Bazaar, Osler's Glass Shop, and Eynsham Hall at Oxford. In 1856 he completed his monumental Grammar of Ornament, which remains one of the most influential works on design ever published and is a source for many artists and designers today. More than just an architect, Jones' skills were applied to designing interiors, books, textiles, furniture, and carpet. His philosophy can most accurately be expressed in his words, "Form without color is like a body without a soul."

About the Author

Carol A. Hrvol Flores is associate professor in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University and is currently program chair of the Nineteenth-Century Association. She is widely recognized as a leading authority on Owen Jones.