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  • The Theory of Decorative Art: An Anthology of European and American Writings, 1750-1940
  • Written by author Isabelle Frank
  • Published by The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, November 2000
  • This anthology gathers together the most significant writings on the theory of the decorative arts from the mid-eighteenth century to the 1940s. With selections by architects, designers, and critics as well as sociologists and historians, the volume recon
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A Note on the Selection and Organization of the Writings
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The History of the Theory of Decorative Art1
1The Functions of the Decorative Arts
from Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia (1751)27
from Preliminary Ideas on the Theory of Ornament (1785)30
On Metal-work (1841)35
The Lamp of Beauty (1849)42
Modern Manufacture and Design (1859)47
The Arts and Crafts of To-day (1889)61
Where Are We Going? (1897-98)71
The Significance of Applied Art (1907)74
Manifesto of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar (1919)83
Type-Needs: Type-Furniture (1925)84
from Concerning the Formal Principles of Ornament and Its Significance as Artistic Symbol (1856)91
from A Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts (1897-99)105
Adornment (1908)116
On the Use of the Knife at Table and On the Use of the Fork at Table (1939)122
IIMaterials and Techniques of the Decorative Arts
Art (1751)139
Art and Handicraft (1797)150
On Metal-work (1841)153
The Lamp of Truth and The Lamp of Life (1849)156
Science, Art, and Industry (1852)162
The Revival of Handicraft (1888)169
Hand Work - Machine Work (1899)177
The Importance of the Applied Arts, and Their Relation to Common Life (1892)178
The Decorative Arts and the Machine (1895)184
Observations Toward a Synthesis of Art (1895)194
The Art and Craft of the Machine (1901)201
The Decorative Art of Today (1925)213
from Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts (1860)219
from Problems of Style (1893)226
Art and Craft (1938)236
IIIOrnament and Style in the Decorative Arts
from Reflections on the Origin, Growth, and Decline of Decoration in the Fine Arts (1759)254
from Preliminary Ideas on the Theory of Ornament (1793)259
The Lamp of Sacrifice and The Lamp of Beauty (1849)264
General Principles in the Arrangement of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts (1856)271
Decorative Art and Its Dogmas (1880)276
Ornament in Architecture (1892)284
Ornament and Crime (1910)288
Ornament (1912)295
Ornament of Savage Tribes and Moresque Ornament (1856)299
The Textile Art (1860)317
from Lectures on Architecture (1872)327
from Prolegomena to a Psychology of Architecture (1886)332
The Geometric Style (1893)340
Forms in the Realm of Space (1934)356
Biographical Notes on Authors363
Select Bibliography371
Original Sources and Permissions380
Index383


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