- Title :
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Iconographies of power : the politics and poetics of visual representation; Heidelberg; Universitätsverlag Winter
Before ornament was a crime : nineteenth-century theories of pattern design
- Author :
- KLARER, Mario ;
- Publication year :
- 2003
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Discusses Victorian era theories and discourses on ornament, highlighting four essential elements: the relation of ornament to the human body, first expressed in primitive body ornament such as tattooing; the 'linguistic' aspects of pattern design; the use of ornament, with its connection to nature, as a means of metaphysical transcendence; and the role of ornamental design in socialist-utopian ideas. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 15 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Art ; Corps humain ; Grande-Bretagne ; Linguistique ; Motif ; Métaphysique ; Nature ; Ornement ; Relations ; Socialisme ; Tatouage ; Théorie ; Transcendance ; Transcendantalisme ; Utopisme ; Victorien (art) ; 1800-1900 ;
- Descriptors :
- Art ; Great Britain ; Human figure ; Linguistics ; Metaphysics ; Nature ; Ornament ; Pattern ; Relations ; Socialism ; Tattooing ; Theory ; Transcendence ; Transcendentalism ; Utopianism ; Victorian ; 1800-1900 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24875260 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 3825315339 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- GERMANY ;
