Grammar of Ornament: Plate XLII, Moresque No. 4

Category

Library Item

Item no

30810

Title

Grammar of Ornament: plate XLII, Moresque no. 4

Description

Several geometric patterns on page.

Artist / maker

Jones, Owen

Date

1856

Size

45.0 x 31.0 cm

Type

Lithograph

Six different patterns taken from: 1. The Court of the Lions; 2 and 3: The Hall of the Ambassadors; 4: The Tower of the Captive; 5: The House of Sanchez; 6: The Court of the Fish Pond. These ornaments are a great example of one of Jones' principles: 'To produce repose the lines of a composition should contain in equilibrium the straight, the inclined, and the curved'.

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