Ornament - "the art we add to art," as James Trilling defines it - makes people happy; it stands for everything that makes life worth living. But ornament was effectively banned from our world almost a century ago, with modernism's doctrine that ornament was a betrayal of the beauty of function. Devotion to modernism stripped away our historical awareness of ornament and broke the tradition of craft that once kept ornament alive. Now that modernism is itself receding into history, ornament is again acceptable, but moving forward seems to mean reinventing the wheel. "Not since the artists and connoisseurs of fifteenth-century Italy set out to rediscover classical antiquity has a culture been so completely on its own in relation to the past," Trilling writes. This engaging, generously illustrated book - part visual guide, part cultural history - is a wide-ranging consideration of the cultural and symbolic significance of ornament, its rejection by modernism, and its subsequent reinvention. Trilling explains how ornament works, why it has to be explained, and why it matters. His discussion of ornament - in textiles, ceramics, metalwork, architecture, manuscripts, and books - is enhanced by insights drawn from religion, science, ancient and modern literature, political history, and moral philosophy. The result is a resoundingly original, highly readable contribution to art history and, more broadly, to cultural and social history. James Trilling is a writer and art historian. He is former associate curator of Old World textiles at The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island
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这本书的标题让我联想到很多东西,或许是关于艺术的华美,又或许是对生活细枝末节的关注。我经常在想,我们生活中那些看似微不足道的装饰,背后究竟蕴含着怎样的意义和价值。它们不仅仅是点缀,更是情感的载体,是文化的象征。这本书会不会探讨这些“Ornament”是如何塑造我们的感知,如何影响我们的生活方式?我希望它能带我深入了解这些被我们忽略的美好,或许还能从中找到一些关于如何让自己的生活变得更精致、更有品味的灵感。
评分最近我一直在寻找一本能够让我沉浸其中,暂时忘记现实烦恼的书。这本书的标题“Ornament”给我带来一种宁静而美好的联想,仿佛能将我带入一个充满诗意和想象力的世界。我希望它能像一件精美的艺术品一样,用文字编织出细腻的情感和深刻的思考。我喜欢那些能够触及灵魂的作品,那些在字里行间流淌着温柔和力量的书。我期待这本书能够成为我精神上的“Ornament”,为我的生活增添一抹亮色。
评分我个人非常着迷于那些能够将抽象概念具象化的作品。如果这本书能够将“Ornament”这个词背后所蕴含的丰富含义,通过一个个生动的故事或者深刻的论述呈现出来,那将是一次绝妙的阅读体验。我猜想,它或许会探讨装饰的起源,不同文化中装饰的象征意义,甚至是装饰在人类历史发展中的作用。这种宏大的视角让我非常感兴趣,我渴望了解那些看似简单却影响深远的元素。
评分这本书的书名有一种复古的优雅感,让我立刻联想到那些精致的手工制品和典雅的室内设计。我非常好奇,作者是如何理解和诠释“Ornament”这个词的。它是否是一本关于艺术史的书,还是关于设计美学,又或者是关于文化符号的解读?我希望它能带我走进一个充满细节和故事的世界,让我感受到文字的力量,如同精心雕琢的艺术品一样,每一个字都恰到好处,每一句话都充满韵味。
评分这本书的封面设计简直太吸引人了,那种低调的奢华感扑面而来。封面上那个若隐若现的纹饰,像是古老文明的低语,让我迫不及待地想知道里面究竟藏着怎样的故事。我一直都很喜欢这种带有神秘色彩的书籍,仿佛每一次翻页都是一次探索,一次与未知的对话。包装也非常用心,纸质的手感很好,拿在手里沉甸甸的,有一种厚实的安全感。我甚至在想,这本书的内容是不是也像它的封面一样,充满着精巧的细节和令人惊叹的工艺。
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