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Details and ornaments from the Alhambra
Jones, Owen, 1845, Lithograph
Details and ornaments from the Alhambra
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30823
Title
Details and ornaments from The Alhambra, plate XLIII, blank window
Description
The design shows the blank window in the Hall of the Boat at The Alhambra. It has a blue background with geometrical drawings in gold and red.
Artist / maker
Jones, Owen
Date
1845
Size
45.0 x 31.0 cm
Type
Lithograph
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Art and Design Library
Islamic patterns are well-known for their intricate geometry, as in this image, where a single circle originates a complicated motif. Owen's proposition no. 11 confirms this practice as a rule for a perfect ornament, 'Every ornament, however distant, should be traced to its branch and root'. The root in this instance is the two circles. As an illustrative example for this principle which can be found in nature, Jones refers to the human hand.
(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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