Historic Ornament, Vol. 1 (of 2)

by James Ward

EN·~6 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total

HISTORIC ORNAMENT

0:34

PREFACE.

2:54

CONTENTS.

1:26

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

14:18

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

11:51

CHAPTER II. PREHISTORIC ORNAMENT—PALÆOLITHIC PERIOD OR EARLY STONE AGE—RIVER DRIFT AND CAVE-MEN.

7:14

CHAPTER III. NEOLITHIC STONE PERIOD.

2:58

CHAPTER IV. THE BRONZE AGE.

10:59

CHAPTER V. THE IRON AGE.

12:40

CHAPTER VI. THE LAKE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE.

8:58

Description

Volume 1 "treats of prehistoric art; ancient art and architecture; eastern, early Christian, Byzantine, Saracenic, Romanesque, Gothic, and renaissance architecture and ornament."

Details

Full title

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

Language

Duration

~6 hours (387K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2019-06-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Decoration and ornament -- History Architecture -- History Decorative arts -- History

About the author

James Ward

1851–1924

Known for landscapes, portraits, and scenes from everyday Irish life, this Belfast-born artist built a long career that connected local art circles with the wider Royal Hibernian Academy. His work reflects both careful observation and a strong sense of place.

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