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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

Human Limitations

“ Inspiration ”

Process and Material

Early Training

Art and Existence

“ Natural Taste ”

Commercial Production

“ Ornaments ”

Modern Development

Public Apathy

Elementary Pattern

Early Impressionism

Personal Production

Early Social Conditions

Influence

Commercial Intercourse.

Effect on Design

Ethical Side of Art

Desire for Novelty

CHAPTER II HISTORIC REVIEW

Style.

Inter-Communication

Climate and Material

Phases in Style

The Lintel

The Arch

Egyptian

Chaldean

Greek

Roman

Vaulting

Greek Influence

Development of Ornament

Græco-Roman Painted Decoration

Domes

Early Christian Art

Metal Work and Enamel

Roman Influence Abroad

Romanesque Style

Church Development

Dark Ages

Crusades

Pointed Arch

Gothic Style

Phases of Gothic

Early Pointed

Decorated Gothic

Perpendicular Gothic

Glass Windows

Civic Influences

Effect of Commerce

Italy

Foreign Influence in England

The House

The Reformation

Renaissance

Early Exponents

Rome

Venice

Venetian Influence

Painted Decoration

Græco-Roman Influence

Early French Renaissance

Native Exploitation

English Renaissance

Italians in England

Study of Classic Style

Thomas Thorpe

Flemish Influence

Jacobean

Development in Dwellings

Evolution of Professional Designer

Inigo Jones

Louis XIII

Louis XIV

"Boule” Work

Mirrors

Louis XV

Régence

Rococo

Lacquer “Vernis Martin"

Later English Renaissances

Sir Christopher Wren

Classic Spires

Dutch and French Influences

Queen Anne Period

Early Georgian

Chippendale

Mayhew

Adam Style

Hepplewhite

Sheraton

Louis XVI

Riesener and Gouthière

Empire

Empire in England

Later English Architecture

French Influence on Europe

CHAPTER III MOULDINGS

Purpose

The Fillet

Sheltering Mouldings

The Cavetto

Cyma Recta

Bracketing Mouldings

The Ovolo

Cyma Reversa

Binding Mouldings

The Torus

The Scotia

The Facia

Decoration of Mouldings

Orthodox Details

Angle Leaf

Dentils

Employment

Attitude

Wood Panelling

Applied Mouldings

Bolection Moulding

Plaster

Wood-turning

Metal Turning

Pottery

Metal Mouldings

Wrought Iron

Silver-work

Spinning

Repoussé

CHAPTER IV ARCHITECTURAL PROPORTIONS

Introduction

System of Proportion

The Order

Doric Order

Ionic Order

Corinthian Order

Doric Entablatures

Mutules

Ionic Entablature

Corinthian Entablature

The Column—The Shaft

The Capital

Doric Capital

Ionic Capital

To Draw the Volute

Corinthian Capital

The Base

Doric Base

Ionic Base

Corinthian Base

The Arch

Doric Impost

Archivolt

Ionic Impost

Ionic Archivolt

Corinthian Impost

Corinthian Archivolt

The Keystone

The Pedestal

Doric Pedestal

Ionic Pedestal

Corinthian Pedestal

The Baluster

Spacing of Balusters

Balustrading

Use of Columns

Disposition and Spacing in Colonnades

Orders Above Orders

The Pilaster

Arcades

Subsidiary Order

Superimposed Orders

Rustication

Basement

Attic

The Pediment

Doors

Windows

CHAPTER V DIVISION OF SURFACE

Wall Treatment

Ceilings

Jacobean

Carolean and Georgian

Adam Ceilings

Vaults and Domes

The Cove

The Frieze

Borders

Geometric Elements

The Undulate Line

Repetition and Alternation

Treatment of Angles

Pilaster Treatment

Panelled Pilasters

Capitals and Bases

Treatment of Panels

Juxtaposition

The Growth Line

Grouping and Massing

Division of Area

Human and Animal Life

Forms in the Round

Supports and Balusters

Standards

Proportion

Positions for Decoration

Working Drawings

The Segment or Stretch Out

CHAPTER VI DEVELOPMENT OF CONVENTIONAL ORNAMENT

Outline Drawing

Undesirable Realism

Craft Restrictions

Materialistic Influence

Early Renderings

The Anthemion

Greek Sculptured Ornament

Acanthus Leaf

Roman Development

The Scroll

Græco-Roman

Byzantine

Romanesque

Italian Renaissance

The Husk Leaf

The Rosette

Tendrils

Nature Influence

Symbolic Employment

Consistency in Growth

Branching

Leaves

The Start

Renaissance Influence

Jacobean.

Régence

Rococo

Louis XVI

Grinling Gibbons School of Carving

Adam Style

Empire

System of the Acanthus Leaf

CHAPTER VII TREATMENT IN DESIGN

Natural Attraction

Decorative Materials

Justification of Treatment

Undesirable Imitation

Technical Considerations

Methods of Expression

Treatment of Leaves

Surface Interest

Painted Decoration

Stencilled Work

Mechanical Production, Printed and Woven

Needlework

Appliqué

Lace

Wood Inlay

Intarsia

Veneer, Marquetry

Boule Work

Mosaic

Byzantine Use of Marble

Book Decoration

Bindings

Relief—Economic Result of Method

Desirable Treatment in Carving

Backgrounds

Reproduction Processes

Metal Repoussé

Metal, Cast

Character of Cast Work

CHAPTER VIII MYTHOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM

Early Symbolic Ornament

Customs

Origin of Mythology

Nature Myths

Light and Darkness

Melanesian Myth

Darkness as a Devouring Monster

Season Myths

Sun Myths

Belief in Natural Phenomena

Greek and Roman Deities

Scandinavian Mythology

Rising and Setting Symbolised

Winds Personified

Predestination

The Fates

Propitiation and Sacrifice

Early Burial Customs

Taboo

Roman Lares

Typical Legend

Early Spiritual Belief

Prehistoric Treatment of Epileptics

Prohibition

Belief in Magical Qualities.

The Shirt of Nessus

Swords

Invulnerability

Belief in Numbers

Muses

Sacred Trees and Flowers, etc.

Sacred Animals

Evangelist Symbols

The Serpent

The Dragon

Poetic License in Tradition

Animals in Christian Art

Association of Human and Animal Qualities

Totemism

Cannibalism

The Sphinx

Assyrian Winged Monsters

Pegasus

The Harpy

Sirens

Pan

The Nymphs

Centaur

The Circle

Symbols of the Trinity

The Wand a Symbol of Authority

The Hand

The Caduceus

Thyrsus

The Trident

The Cross

The Pastoral Staff

Symbols of Martyrdom

Symbolism of Gems, etc.

Masks

Symbols of Time

Secular Symbols

Trophies

Heraldry

Heraldry in Design

Symbolism in Modern Art

Present Apathy

CHAPTER IX WAYS AND MEANS

Perception

Accepted Conventions

Influence of Fashion

Harmonious Consistency

Natural Suggestion

Colour Scheme

Early Training

Nature Study

Aspect and Attitude

Treatment

Drawings for Reproduction

Opaque Colour

Enlarging and Reducing

Textiles

Wallpapers

Architectural Drawings

Structural Design

Lucid Arrangement

Mathematical Equipment

Use of the Ruling Pen

Proportional Compass

Tracings

Conclusion

INDEX