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This annotated edition includes:
• Historical and critical context
• A glossary of ornamental design terms
• Original viewing notes for all 100 plates
• Creative design-study exercises
• Guidance for studying color designs in monochrome
Discover the intricate beauty and enduring design principles of Chinese ornament.
First published in 1867, Owen Jones’s Examples of Chinese Ornament brings together one hundred remarkable plates based on ceramics, enamelwork, textiles, and decorative objects. Through rhythm, symmetry, geometry, stylized flowers, and flowing botanical forms, this influential collection reveals a rich visual language that continues to inspire artists and designers today.
This carefully prepared annotated edition expands the original public-domain work with historical and critical context, explanations of important ornamental principles, a glossary of design terminology, and individual viewing notes and creative exercises for all 100 plates.
Designed as a black-and-white study edition, it encourages readers to examine contour, structure, repetition, contrast, balance, and negative space. Readers interested in the original color relationships may use this edition alongside a full-color historical copy.
An inspiring visual reference for:
• Artists and illustrators
• Graphic and surface-pattern designers
• Textile, ceramic, and interior designers
• Architecture and art-history students
• Makers, craftspeople, and ornament enthusiasts
Whether studied for historical insight, creative inspiration, or practical design development, Examples of Chinese Ornament (Annotated) offers a fascinating journey through one of the nineteenth century’s most distinctive collections of decorative art.
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