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When Art struggles, it succeeds; when revelling in its own successes, it as singularly fails.

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Owen Jones

Owen Jones

Born: February 15, 1809
Died: April 19, 1874 (aged 65)
Bio: Owen Jones was an English-born Welsh architect. A versatile architect and designer, he was also one of the most influential design theorists of the nineteenth century.
Known for:
  1. The Grammar of Ornament (1856)
  2. The illuminated books of the middle ages (1844)
  3. Ornament and Design of the Alhambra
  4. Owen Jones' Chinese Ornament CD-ROM and Book

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