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Conventionalization; Kent Bloomer; Owen Jones; John Ruskin; repose; ornament; design theory; ornament theory; history of ornament
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Kresten Jespersen
As did Owen Jones, Bloomer argues for a modern style of ornament to decorate a modern architechture. Based on formal laws rather than theories of classical or naturalism imitation, conventionalization can be seen as being explicitly modern. More-over, deriving from the work of ornament, these laws are dependent on intrinsic rather than extrinsic principles.