The sense of order : a study in the psychology of decorative art
Print Book, English, 1984
2nd (pbk.) ed View all formats and editions
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 1984
Wrightsman lectures, v. 9
xii, 411 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
9780801492495, 9780714822594, 0801492491, 0714822590
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Introduction. Order and purpose in nature. Part One: decoration: theory and practice. Issues of taste
Ornament as art
The challenge of constraints. Part two: the perception of order. The economy of vision
Towards an analysis of effects
Shapes and things. Part three: psychology and history. The force of history
The psychology of styles
Designes as signs
The edge of Chaos. Epilogue. Some musical analogies