From the course: Graphic Design History: The Arts and Crafts Movement
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"The Grammar of Ornament"
From the course: Graphic Design History: The Arts and Crafts Movement
"The Grammar of Ornament"
- Much of the Victorian and Gothic style was a convoluted mix of different historical styles. There was no designer at the helm striving for cohesive simplicity. The style was purely decoration. The architects and designers were not interested in historical or cultural accuracy. A building or printed page could mix different cultures from different times, as long as it looked fancy. But Owen Jones, a Welsh architect, strove to design a style that rejected the Gothic and ornamental, and embodied a 19th century modern style, based on rational and historical accuracy. Rather than looking to Protestant and Catholic England, or pulling arbitrary forms from a mish mash of cultures, he turned to the Islamic world. During a trip to Spain Jones visited the Alhambra and was inspired by the patterns and shapes of Islamic decoration on the buildings. Jones believed this mathematical complexity of pattern and color was the antidote to the chaos of other Victorian styles. He researched and refined…
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