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- catalog abstract "An essential reference, Form and Decoration explores the vast repertoire of styles and motifs handed down from the past, which remain a source of inspiration for the designers of today. Peter Thornton, an internationally renowned expert in the decorative arts, presents a groundbreaking survey of four centuries of Western design history from the High Renaissance in Italy, during which the classical styles of Greece and Rome were reborn, to the origins of the Modern movement in 1870, leaving off when Nikolaus Pevsner's seminal text Pioneers of Modern Design begins. Highlighting the accomplishments of key design innovators from Pollaiuolo and Raphael to Percier, Pugin, and Owen Jones, Thornton sets their remarkable achievements against the background in which they worked. Illuminating his text with an extraordinary range of illustrations, Thornton traces the development of ancient motifs, the introduction of new ones, and the revival of all of them at various times, charting their evolution through the courts, cities, and societies of Europe and on to the New World. He pinpoints the transfer of ideas from one designer to another, considers the influence of pattern books, and discusses the role of academies and schools of design.".
- catalog alternative "Form and decoration".
- catalog alternative "Innovation in the decorative arts, 1470-1870".
- catalog contributor b10893263.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "An essential reference, Form and Decoration explores the vast repertoire of styles and motifs handed down from the past, which remain a source of inspiration for the designers of today.".
- catalog description "Florence and Venice, 1470-1510 -- Rome and Florence, 1510-1580 -- Venice, 1510-1620 -- Paris, 1530-1620 -- Antwerp, 1530-1620 -- Augsburg and Nürnberg, 1510-1640 -- Rome and Bologna, 1580-1660 -- Paris, 1610-1660 -- Amsterdam, 1610-1670 -- Rome, 1660-1720 -- Paris and Versailles, 1660-1720 -- The Hague, London and the chief cities of Germany, 1670-1730 -- Paris and the German courts, 1720-1760 -- Rome and Paris, 1750-1820 -- London, Dublin and Philadelphia, 1720-1800 -- Europe, 1820-1870.".
- catalog description "Illuminating his text with an extraordinary range of illustrations, Thornton traces the development of ancient motifs, the introduction of new ones, and the revival of all of them at various times, charting their evolution through the courts, cities, and societies of Europe and on to the New World. He pinpoints the transfer of ideas from one designer to another, considers the influence of pattern books, and discusses the role of academies and schools of design.".
- catalog description "Peter Thornton, an internationally renowned expert in the decorative arts, presents a groundbreaking survey of four centuries of Western design history from the High Renaissance in Italy, during which the classical styles of Greece and Rome were reborn, to the origins of the Modern movement in 1870, leaving off when Nikolaus Pevsner's seminal text Pioneers of Modern Design begins. Highlighting the accomplishments of key design innovators from Pollaiuolo and Raphael to Percier, Pugin, and Owen Jones, Thornton sets their remarkable achievements against the background in which they worked.".
- catalog extent "216 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Form & decoration.".
- catalog identifier "0810933403 (clothbound)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Form & decoration.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harry N. Abrams,".
- catalog relation "Form & decoration.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog subject "745/.094 21".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament Europe.".
- catalog subject "Decorative arts Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Decorative arts Europe.".
- catalog subject "Design Europe History".
- catalog subject "NK925 .T47 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Florence and Venice, 1470-1510 -- Rome and Florence, 1510-1580 -- Venice, 1510-1620 -- Paris, 1530-1620 -- Antwerp, 1530-1620 -- Augsburg and Nürnberg, 1510-1640 -- Rome and Bologna, 1580-1660 -- Paris, 1610-1660 -- Amsterdam, 1610-1670 -- Rome, 1660-1720 -- Paris and Versailles, 1660-1720 -- The Hague, London and the chief cities of Germany, 1670-1730 -- Paris and the German courts, 1720-1760 -- Rome and Paris, 1750-1820 -- London, Dublin and Philadelphia, 1720-1800 -- Europe, 1820-1870.".
- catalog title "Form & decoration : innovation in the decorative arts, 1470-1870 / Peter Thornton.".
- catalog title "Form and decoration".
- catalog title "Innovation in the decorative arts, 1470-1870".
- catalog type "text".