Decorative Games

Decorative Games
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781611490084
ISBN-13 : 1611490081
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Decorative Games by : Jean-François Bédard

Download or read book Decorative Games written by Jean-François Bédard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). For the first time, this publication reproduces in their initial state the embellishments Oppenord drew over the first French edition of Cesare Ripa's Iconologia. In lieu of a haphazard succession of sketches, it reveals Oppenord's fascinating interplay between text, engraved and drawn images, one patterned on the art of conversation and the linguistic games cultivated in elite Parisian circles.


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