TY - CHAP
T1 - Owen Jones’s Theory of Ornament
AU - Frank, Isabelle J.
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PY - 2017/9/12
Y1 - 2017/9/12
N2 - Owen Jones wrote his bestseller The Grammar of Ornament in 1856, on the heels of the Great Exhibition, a turning point in the history of design, architecture, and art theory. By the mid-nineteenth century, Britain was the most industrially advanced of the European countries and was the first to see the negative effects of mechanical production on its exports. Given the financial importance of this market for Britain (as well as the increasing competition among European nations), decorative arts became a focus of national concern; the government’s first step was to sponsor the establishment of a School of Design in 1837, intended to train workmen in industrial design. Henry Cole, who later founded the South Kensington Museum, became director in 1849 and the unofficial leader of the British reform movement for industry. To garner even more support for British design, Cole and Prince Albert planned the Great Exhibition of 1851, which brought together an unprecedented display of Western and non-Western art.
AB - Owen Jones wrote his bestseller The Grammar of Ornament in 1856, on the heels of the Great Exhibition, a turning point in the history of design, architecture, and art theory. By the mid-nineteenth century, Britain was the most industrially advanced of the European countries and was the first to see the negative effects of mechanical production on its exports. Given the financial importance of this market for Britain (as well as the increasing competition among European nations), decorative arts became a focus of national concern; the government’s first step was to sponsor the establishment of a School of Design in 1837, intended to train workmen in industrial design. Henry Cole, who later founded the South Kensington Museum, became director in 1849 and the unofficial leader of the British reform movement for industry. To garner even more support for British design, Cole and Prince Albert planned the Great Exhibition of 1851, which brought together an unprecedented display of Western and non-Western art.
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M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9781138743403
T3 - Routledge Research in Art History
SP - 9
EP - 36
BT - Ornament and European Modernism
A2 - Vandi, Loretta
PB - Routledge
CY - New York
ER -