A Manual Of Historic Ornament Glazier Richard by Glazier, Richard 9780486149363, 9781306361538, 0486149366, 1306361532 instant download after payment.

Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts - from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic early-19th-century sofa by Thomas Hope. Over 700 black-and-white illustrations. 16 plates of photographs.;DOVER BOOKS ON FINE ART; Title Page; Copyright Page; NOTE TO THE FIFTH EDITION; PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Part I -- The History and Development of Architecture & Ornament; PRIMITIVE ORNAMENT; ORNAMENT OF OCEANIA; EGYPTIAN ORNAMENT; ASSYRIAN ORNAMENT; GREEK ARCHITECTURE; GREEK ORNAMENT; ROMAN ARCHITECTURE; ROMAN ORNAMENT; POMPEIAN ORNAMENT; BYZANTINE ORNAMENT; ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE & ORNAMENT; CELTIC ORNAMENT; SCANDINAVIAN ORNAMENT; NORMAN & GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORMAN PERIOD; EARLY ENGLISH OR LANCET PERIOD; DECORATED OR GEOMETRIC PERIOD.