Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture and Theory in an Age of...
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,...
Издательство:
Rizzolli
Дата выхода: январь 2000
