Nature of Ornament Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture

Name: Nature of Ornament Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture
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ISBN: 9780393730364

ISBN-10: 0393730360

ISBN-13: 9780393730364

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kent Bloomer

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This work offers an argument for the vitality and meaning of ornament in modern architecture.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 0.83" wide x 1.04" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



The Term Ornament



Utility



The Linguistic Nature of Ornament



Conventionalization



Rhythm



Rhythmized Foliation



Metamorphosis



Gothic Metamorphosis



The Rhythmized Body in Architecture



Appropriation, Reappropriation, and Relocation



Ornament and Modern Technology



Ornament and the Modern Plan



On the Absence of Ornament



Place and Repose


Notes


Credits


Index