On Decoration

by David Bret and David Brett

This absorbing study surveys the developments in decorative design from the 1830s to the 1950s, showing how the modern age has affected the status of decoration and examining the role of ornament in a rapidly changing industrial society. Arranged inthree sections, the book opens with an introductory essay which looks at the cultural background of the discourse of decoration, bringing into play two major strands of decorative theory, and looking at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718828011
• ISBN13: 9780718828011
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 12.0"