Publisher's Synopsis
"Grammar of Ornament" is the masterpiece on ornamental design by Owen Jones, the Superintendent of Works for the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace. This CD-ROM includes both the complete text and illustrations of the original 1856 Folio Edition. It is a visual encyclopaedia of designs from all over the world, many from ancient monuments and buildings now destroyed. The "Grammar" was used to teach design at Stanford, Harvard and Oxford, and it influenced designers and architects such as Christopher Dresser, William Morris and Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.;The CD-ROM contains the following special features: royalty-free and ready-to-use picture files; a printed colour guide; 2300 high-resolution printable images; 15,000 hypertext links; on-line help; AliveArt - 160 selected designs re-drawn in EPS format; and searchable text.
