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Plate XXIII, spandril of an arch.
Jones, Owen, 1845, Lithograph
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Plate XXIII, spandril of an arch.
Plate XXIII, spandril of an arch.
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Title
Details and ornaments from the Alhambra plate XXIII, spandril of an arch.
Description
The page shows a Spandril of an arch of a window in the Hall of the Ambassadors in The Alhambra. The design is in blue, red and white.
Artist / maker
Jones, Owen
Date
1845
Size
45.0 x 31.0 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Arches and their decoration were widely studied by Owen Jones. His fifth principle is one of the main concepts of his design theories; the purpose of ornament was to decorate architecture, but decoration should never be purposely constructed. The drawings of decorated arches show how at the Alhambra, decoration was born from architectural forms and not the other way round.
(Jones set out thirty-seven propositions or general principals in the Grammar of Ornament which aimed to improve the general artistic standards through mass education. Find out more about Owen Jones and his design aesthetic and ideals from the
Victoria and Albert Museum
.)
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Travel to Perfection: Owen Jones and The Alhambra
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