Owen Jones

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Owen Jones was a prominent 19th-century British architect and design theorist best known for his influential work "The Grammar of Ornament" and his role in shaping Victorian decorative arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
architect
author
design theorist
interior designer
activeInCentury 19th century
coAuthorOf Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1809-02-15
dateOfDeath 1874-04-19
designed interiors for the Crystal Palace at Sydenham
pattern books for manufacturers
educatedAt Royal Academy Schools
emphasized abstraction of natural forms in ornament
use of flat, pure color in ornament
fieldOfWork color theory in design
decorative arts
ornament
gender male
influenced Arts and Crafts movement designers
Victorian aesthetics
surface form: Victorian decorative arts
influencedBy Alhambra
surface form: Alhambra palace

Islamic art
Moorish architecture
knownFor The Grammar of Ornament
influence on Victorian decorative arts
polychrome decoration
theorizing principles of ornament
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Orientalism
surface form: Orientalism in design

Victorian design
nationality British
notableWork The Grammar of Ornament
occupation architect
author
design theorist
designer
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London
proposed 37 general principles in The Grammar of Ornament
studied Alhambra architecture
Islamic ornament
traveledTo Granada NERFINISHED
Spain
workedOn interior decoration of the Crystal Palace

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Jacob Wrey Mould influencedBy Owen Jones