Ornament and European Modernism: From Art Practice to Art History (Routledge Research in Art History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103209639X ISBN 13: 9781032096391

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

These in-depth, historical, and critical essays study the meaning of ornament, the role it played in the formation of modernism, and its theoretical importance between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth century in England and Germany. Ranging from Owen Jones to Ernst Gombrich through Gottfried Semper, Alois Riegl, August Schmarsow, Wilhelm Worringer, Adolf Loos, Henry van de Velde, and Hermann Muthesius, the contributors show how artistic theories are deeply related to the art practice of their own times, and how ornament is imbued with historical and social meaning.

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About the Author

Loretta Vandi (Ph.D., Université de Lausanne, 1998) is Professor of Art History at the Scuola del Libro in Urbino. She has held four Samuel H. Kress fellowships. Her publications include La trasformazione del motivo dell'acanto dall'antichità al XV secolo (2002), Il Manoscritto Oliveriano 1 (2004), and Four Essays (2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103209639X
• ISBN 13: 9781032096391
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Vandi Loretta