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The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) [Hardcover]

Kent Bloomer (Author)

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Publication Date: October 17, 2000 | Series: Norton Books for Architects & Designers

A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism.

The purpose of ornament-to articulate a realm of the imagination-is as important as it is misunderstood. Kent Bloomer, an outstanding sculptor and ornamenter whose work adorns the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC, and other buildings, maintains that ornament is neither pure "art" in the contemporary sense of the word nor mere decoration, but rather a category unto itself, with its own unique language. He describes the key elements of ornament, rhythm and metamorphosis, and shows their application in such figures as the foliated scroll. Illustrated with the author's evocative line drawings and photographs of ornament from ancient Greece to the modern cityscape, the book is a hymn to the riches of architectural ornament. 250 photos and line drawings

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A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism.

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Kent Bloomer teaches at Yale University.

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (October 17, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393730360
ISBN-13: 978-0393730364
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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foliated scroll, ornament constructed, term ornament, visual ornament, bar tracery, botanical nature, rococo ornament, basic meter, utilitarian form, architectural ornament

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