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Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art

Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art

by William Henry Holmes

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Author
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Title
Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-1883, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 437-466.
Credits
Produced by Carlos Traverso, Verity White, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Language
English
LoC Class
NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
Subject
Indian art -- North America
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19953
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19953
Release Date
November 28, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
  2. 2.WILLIAM H. HOLMES.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM AND ORNAMENT IN CERAMIC ART.
  6. 6.By William H. Holmes.
  7. 7.INTRODUCTORY.
  8. 8.ORIGIN OF FORM — FORMS SUGGESTED BY ADVENTITION. — FORMS DERIVED BY IMITATION. — INVENTION OF FORM.
  9. 9.MODIFICATION OF FORM. — MODIFICATION BY ADVENTITION. — MODIFICATION BY INTENTION.
  10. 10.ORIGIN OF ORNAMENT. — SUGGESTIONS OF NATURAL FEATURES OF OBJECTS. — SUGGESTIONS BY FEATURES OF ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS. — SUGGESTIONS OF ACCIDENTS. — IDEOGRAPHIC AND PICTORIAL SUBJECTS.
  11. 11.MODIFICATION OF ORNAMENT.
  12. 12.INDEX.

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