Owen Jones — Egyptian | Grammar of Ornament Design Print

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Owen Jones — Egyptian | Grammar of Ornament Design PrintOwen Jones (18091874) was a Welsh architect and designer whose Grammar of Ornament (1856) 112 chromolithographic plates documenting decorative traditions from ancient Egypt to the Renaissance became the single most influential design reference book of the 19th century. Superintendent of Works for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and principal decorator of the Crystal Palace, he shaped the visual culture of the Victorian age. His systematic documentation

His works are now major highlights of Orientalist sales at Christie's and Sotheby's

William Morris (1834–1896) was the central figure of the Arts and Crafts movement — a British designer

and planes that channelled Suprematism's spiritual and spatial ambitions

His depictions of tropical and exotic birds

His calligraphic works — bold

Bold in colour

Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German biologist

Harper Johnson (1901–1958) was an American illustrator and muralist who specialised in historical illustration

who spent much of his career in Europe

Carl Larsson (1853–1919) was a Swedish painter whose watercolour images of his family home at Sundborn — children in sunny rooms

paradoxical statements

Now held in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm