Author: Carol A. Hrvol Flores

Publisher/Date: Rizzoli, 2006 ISBN: 0847828042

Format/Condition: New hardcover book with dust jacket is in fine condition. 275 pages

Description: In 1851 his bold use of color turned the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park from a monotonous industrial greenhouse into a vibrant and glorious structure worthy of the name; his two-volume book documenting in color the details of the fabulously polychromed Alhambra fortress in Spain required him to develop an entirely new color printing process; and his 1856 masterpiece The Grammar of Ornament remains one of the most influential works on design ever published. And yet, says Jones scholar Carol Flores in this gorgeously illustrated biography, the only reason we don’t know Owen Jones’ name as well as we know those of William Morris and John Ruskin is that they outlived him and continued to promote their own design ideas years after his death. Photographs, engravings, and reproductions of Jones’ designs appear on nearly every page.