Chapter I. Definition of Ornament. Methods of Expression. Straight Lined Ornament.
Chapter II. The Curved Line in Ornamen. Explanation of the Leading Principles.
Chapter III. The Proper Decoration of Moulding. The Ornamental Treatment of Walls, Ceilings, and Floor. Relief Modelled Work.
Chapter IV. The Proper and Improper Shapes of Plane. Uniformity. Selection and Arrangement of Decorative Elements. Painted Ornament. Division of Forms and Shapes in Architecture, &c.
Chapter V. The Division of Ornament into Six Great Clashes or Divisions. Three of these Classes described.
Chapter VI. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Divisions of Ornament described. Suggestions in Ornament from Plant-Form and Growth. Plants common in Historic Styles.
Chapter VII. The Application of Plants in Design and Ornament. The Acanthus. Its Use by the Ancients on Capitals, Candelabra, and on Flat Surfaces. The Natural, and various Conventional Types, &c.
Chapter VIII. The Symbolic and Mnemonic Classes of Ornament explained.
Chapter IX. Christian Symbolism. Comparison of Symbolic and Aesthetic Ornament.
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Notes:
Chiefly consist of a series of class lectures, delivered to the students of the Macclesfield School of Art; Additional electronic version available through Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/elementaryprinci00ward
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Ward, James, 1851-1927. -- Elementary principles of ornament, by James Ward. -- London, Chapman and Hall, 1890. -- viii, 91 p. 122 illus. 22 cm. -- Call number of original: NK1510 W37
