The world of ornament : complete coloured reprint of L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877) / A. Racinet & A. Dupont-Auberville ; introduction by David Batterham.
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TextLanguage: English, German, French Original language: French Series: Bibliotheca universalisPublication details: Koln : Taschen, c2015Description: 821 pages : colored illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 978-3-8365-5625-5Other title: Welt der Ornamente : vollständiger kolorierter Nachdruck von L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877) | Univers de l'ornement : réimpression complète en coleur de L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877)Subject(s): COLOR DECORATION AND ORNAMENT -- THEMES, MOTIVES | TEXTILE DESIGN -- THEMES, MOTIVESDDC classification: 745.4 LOC classification: NK 1548 W67 2015| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"Complete coloured reprint of L'ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'ornement des tissus (1877)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Primitive art -- Egyptian art -- Assyrian art -- Greek art -- Ertuscan art -- Greco-Roman art -- Late antiquity -- Chinese art -- Japanese art -- Indian art -- Indo-Persian art -- Persian art -- Arab art -- Moorish art -- Ottoman art -- Celtic art -- Byzantine art -- Russian art -- Armenian art -- 1st-8th centuries -- The Middle Ages -- Renaissance -- 16th century -- 16th-18th centuries -- 17th century -- 18th century -- 19th century
The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and M. Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile and ceramic ornament.
Text in English, German and French.
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