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Tables of Contents for The Theory of Decorative Art
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A Note on the Selection and Organization of the Writings
xi
Acknowledgments
xiv
Introduction: The History of the Theory of Decorative Art
1
20
I. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Introduction
21
6
The Uses of Beauty
``Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia'' (1751)
27
3
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
Preliminary Ideas on the Theory of Ornament (1785)
30
5
Karl Philipp Moritz
David Britt
``On Metal-work'' (1841)
35
7
A. Welby Pugin
``The Lamp of Beauty'' (1849)
42
5
John Ruskin
``Modern Manufacture and Design'' (1859)
47
14
John Ruskin
``The Arts and Crafts of To-day'' (1889)
61
10
William Morris
``Where Are We Going?'' (1897-98)
71
3
Samuel Bing
David Britt
``The Significance of Applied Art'' (1907)
74
9
Hermann Muthesius
David Britt
``Manifesto of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar'' (1919)
83
1
Walter Gropius
``Type-Needs: Type-Furniture'' (1925)
84
7
Le Corbusier
The Theory of Function
Concerning the Formal Principles of Ornament and Its Significance as Artistic Symbol (1856)
91
14
Gottfried Semper
David Britt
A Historical Grammer of the Visual Arts (1897-99)
105
11
Alois Riegl
David Britt
``Adornment'' (1908)
116
6
Georg Simmel
``On the Use of the Knife at Table'' and ``On the Use of the Fork at Table'' (1939)
122
9
Norbert Elias
II. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Introduction
131
8
The Artist-Designer and The Machine
``Art''
139
11
Denis Diderot
``Art and Handicraft'' (1797)
150
3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
David Britt
``On Metal-work'' (1841)
153
3
A. Welby Pugin
``The Lamp of Truth'' and ``The Lamp of Life'' (1849)
156
6
John Ruskin
``Science, Art, and Industry'' (1852)
162
7
Gottfried Semper
``The Revival of Handicraft'' (1888)
169
8
William Morris
``Hand Work--Machine Work'' (1899)
177
1
Adolf von Hildebrand
David Britt
``The Importance of the Applied Arts, and Their Relation to Common Life'' (1892)
178
6
Walter Crane
``The Decorative Arts and the Machine'' (1895)
184
10
P. Rioux de Maillou
David Britt
``Observations Toward a Synthesis of Art'' (1895)
194
7
Henry van de Velde
David Britt
``The Art and Craft of the Machine'' (1901)
201
12
Frank Lloyd Wright
``The Decorative Art of Today'' (1925)
213
6
Le Corbusier
The Theory of Technique
Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts (1860)
219
7
Gottfried Semper
David Britt
Problems of Style (1893)
226
10
Alois Riegl
``Art and Craft'' (1938)
236
9
R. G. Collingwood
III. ORNAMENT AND STYLE IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Introduction
245
9
Ornament and its Principles
Reflections on the Origin, Growth, and Decline of Decoration in the Fine Arts (1759)
254
5
Friedrich August Krubsacius
David Britt
Preliminary Ideas on the Theory of Ornament (1793)
259
5
Karl Philipp Moritz
David Britt
``The Lamp of Sacrifice'' and ``The Lamp of Beauty'' (1829)
264
7
John Ruskin
``General Principles in the Arrangement of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts'' (1856)
271
5
Jones
``Decorative Art and Its Dogmas'' (1880)
276
8
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
``Ornament in Architecture'' (1892)
284
4
Louis Sullivan
``Ornament and Crime'' (1910)
288
7
Adolf Loos
``Ornament'' (1912)
295
4
Karl Grosz
David Britt
The Theory of Style
``Ornament of Savage Tribes'' and ``Moresque Ornament'' (1856)
299
18
Owen Jones
``The Textile Art'' (1860)
317
10
Gottfried Semper
Lectures on Architecture (1872)
327
5
Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Prolegomena to a Psychology of Architecture (1886)
332
8
Heinrich Wolfflin
``The Geometric Style'' (1893)
340
16
Alois Riegl
``Forms in the Realm of Space'' (1934)
356
7
Henri Focillon
Biographical Notes on Authors
363
8
Select Bibliography
371
9
Original Sources and Permissions
380
3
Index
383