Greek Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Owen Jones was always passionately interested in new formulas and ideas concerning the history of decoration, ornamentation and the use colour played within each cultural format. Admittedly, he didn’t always get it right as he was working with the information then available in the middle of the nineteenth century. However, he did have some bold ideas of his own which did not always sit well with the critics and experts of the day
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Owen Jones and the Use of Colour in Classical Greek Ornament