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The mediation of ornament
the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1989
By Grabar, Oleg
- ISBN
- 978-0-69104-099-8
- Publisher
- Princeton ; Princeton University Press, c1992.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1993
Based on the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, which Grabar delivered in 1989 at the National Gallery of Art, ornament is defined as "an agent that is not logically necessary to the perception of a visual message but without which the process of understanding would be more difficult.'' Grabar examines this idea in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
