Historic Ornament Vol. 1 of 2

About this eBook

Author

Ward, James, 1851-1924

Title

Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 (of 2) Treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Decorative arts -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59746

Release Date

June 13, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORIC ORNAMENT
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. PREHISTORIC ORNAMENT—PALÆOLITHIC PERIOD OR EARLY STONE AGE—RIVER DRIFT AND CAVE-MEN.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. NEOLITHIC STONE PERIOD.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE BRONZE AGE.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE IRON AGE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE LAKE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. EGYPTIAN ART. — Egyptian Ornament and Industrial Art.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN ART.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. PHŒNICIAN ART.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. GRECIAN PEOPLE AND MYTHOLOGY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. ART IN PRIMITIVE GREECE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE GREEK AND ROMAN ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. GREEK AND ROMAN ORNAMENT.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. CHINESE AND JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. — Byzantine Architecture.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT. — Ornament of the Renaissance.

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