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Titre:
The language of ornament

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Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, includes some of the most spectacular creations of human imagination and skill. Although the fashion for unadorned form pushed ornament to the margins of Western taste in the twentieth century, an ornamental revival is now under way. This book introduces the global panorama of ornament and will be of value to crafts people, collectors, and students of art history. Trilling's approach is both visual and historical. With over 200 illustrations, he presents the dazzling variety of ornament so that the reader can appreciate both its inherent form and the role it has played in everything from the monumental architecture of Mycenaean Greece to the inlaid vessels of Zhou Dynasty China, from the bronze mirrors of Early Celtic Britain to the carved and woven ornament of the Indians of Alaska and British Columbia. The characteristics of individual styles are balanced against their evolution and interaction from the Paleolithic Age to the present day. Special attention is paid to patterns that migrate across large stretches of space and time, showing how ornament becomes a record of cultural interaction through trade, conquest, and the spread of religions. Finally, Trilling explores the fate of ornament since the beginning of modernism in the early twentieth century. Modernism actually nurtured a vibrant and original ornamental style of its own, one so different from traditional ornament that its true nature went virtually unrecognized. Ornament in the postmodern era is open to any number of possible innovations, combining the modernist legacy with forms and principles from the world of traditional ornament.

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Architectural ornament : banishment & return

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This book details the interplay of art, society, politics, and commerce that led to the invention of "fine art", the elevation of the artist above the artisan, and the establishment of "originality" as the defining characteristic of art. The rejection of the warmth, familiarity, and richness of tradtional ornamnet resulted in architecture's alienation from the middles classes. In tracing the history of ornament, Brolin argues for its re-introduction into the design arts.

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The function of ornament

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This book is a graphic guide to ornaments in the twentieth century. It unveils the function of ornament as the agent for specific affects, dismantling the idea that ornament is applied to buildings as a discrete or non-essential entity. Each case operates through greater or lesser depth to exploit specific synergies between the exterior and the interior, constructing an internal order between ornament and material. These internal orders produce expressions that are contemporary, yet whose affects are resilient in time.

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Twentieth-century pattern design

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Patterns - bold, colorful, muted, delicate, intricate, splashy, spare, figurative, abstract, dizzying, calming - are the subject in this comprehensive reference, the first to examine pattern as an essential part of twentieth-century design history. With stunning color plates and lively text, Lesley Jackson takes readers on a tour of the development of twentieth-century patterns from around the world. Organized by decade, "Twentieth-Century pattern design" details the technical innovations that affected the development of modern textiles and wallpapers. Focusing on surface pattern in the home, Jackson draws frequent parallels to the worlds of fashion, packaging, and graphics, and explores the interrelationship between painting and pattern design. The result is a book as inspiring as it is informative. "Twentieth-Century pattern design" is an invaluable resource for modern design enthusiasts and historians, collectors and interior and graphic designers.

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Fer forgé : un voyage à travers les époques et les styles

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Dans la mythologie grecque, Héphaïstos forgeait le fer de son souffle divin pour fabriquer les armes des dieux et des héros les plus valeureux. Plus tard, au Moyen Age, les arts roman et gothique ont produit de véritables chef-d'œuvre. Plus récemment, l'Art Nouveau a, lui aussi, exalté les multiples possibilités d'expression de ce matériau présent tant dans le mobilier intérieur que pur des éléments décoratifs architecturaux. Aujourd'hui, la tradition artisanale se conjugue avec l'innovation technologique pour permettre au fer forgé de figurer en bonne place dans le design du troisième millénaire. Vous trouverez dans cet ouvrage, illustré de nombreux dessins et photographies didactiques des idées et des projets (des grilles, des balcons, des gloriettes et des bancs...); des modèles à copier ou à modifier pour les adapter à son intérieur (des chaises, des tables, des lits, des lustres décoratifs...); des conseils pratiques pour apprendre à évaluer l'état des vieux objets de récupération, les nettoyer, les restaurer, les décaper, les peindre et leur donner une nouvelle jeunesse); une initiation progressive aux différentes techniques de traitement et de décoration du fer forgé (oxydation, sablage, brunissage, zincage, jusqu'à la délicate application de feuilles d'or et d'argent qui confère au métal un aspect noble et brillant.

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Grilles de fenêtres et d'impostes en fer forgé du Xve au XVIIIe siècle

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Album thématique conçu par le Centre de recherches sur les monuments historiques (CRMH) de la direction de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. Cet ouvrage a pour vocation de fournir une documentation photographique et dessinée (plans, coupes, élévations, détails d'assemblage) sur les divers aspects techniques de la forgeronnerie ancienne et plus particulièrement des techniques traditionnelles.

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Decorative ironwork

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Capturing both the drama of large-scale pieces and the detail of smaller pieces, this book is unique in its comprehensive and thematic coverage of the full range of cast and wrought ironwork.

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Decorative games: Ornament, rhetoric, and noble culture in the work of Gilles-Marie Oppenord

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This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the center of the architectural practice of his time. As made evident by this album, his consummate draftsmanship, praised by his contemporaries and coveted by collectors, exceeded by far the practical demands usually required of architects. For the first time, this publication reproduces Oppenord's album in its initial state. It reveals Oppenord's fascinating interplay between text, engraved and drawn images.

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L'Atelier Monduit : une collection d'ornements d'architecture

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Au coeur du château de Pierrefonds, une collection originale s’offre aux visiteurs : les ornements d’architecture créés par Honoré Monduit. Offerte par ses descendants, elle est l’un des trésors du château. Ce livre permet de découvrir le travail de ce collaborateur de Viollet-le-Duc sur les grands chantiers de restauration. Il fut aussi l’un des principaux artisans de la statue de la Liberté, de la fontaine Saint-Michel et des toitures de l’Hôtel de Ville à Paris, du beffroi d’Arras… En obtenant d’importantes commandes publiques et privées, Monduit se lança dans une véritable renaissance de la plomberie et de la cuivrerie d’art. Travaillant avec les architectes et les sculpteurs les plus illustres de leur temps, les ateliers produisirent ainsi nombre de faîtages, épis de faîtage, poinçons,gargouilles, sculptures animalières, statuaires selon la technique du métal repoussé.

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20th century pattern design

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Pattern Design details the technical innovations that affected the development of modern textiles and wallpapers. Focusing on surface pattern in the home, Jackson draws frequent parallels to the worlds of fashion, packaging, and graphics, and explores the interrelationship between painting and pattern design. The result is a book as inspiring as it is informative. Twentieth-Century Pattern Design is an invaluable resource for modern design enthusiasts and historians, collectors and interior and graphic designers.