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Brolin, Brent C.

Architectural ornament : banishment and return / [Brent C. Brolin]. - 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Revised edition of: Flight of fancy. 1st ed. 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-297) and index.

Ornament in history -- The artist in antiquity -- Art, craft, and ornament -- Fine art and the art marketplace -- Educating the market -- Ornament and the intellect -- Regulating ornament -- Ornament in disguise: the twentieth century -- Ornament returns -- Ornament and the borrowing tradition.

ISBN: 0393730468 9780393730463

LCCN: 99088788

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History

LC Class. No.: NA3310 / .B76 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 729.09