Notices   ERASMUS Students Announcement (07/11/2011)  Department of Interior Architecture, Decorative Arts and Design  / Program / Third semester / Decorative Arts: two-dimensional design Interior Architecture and lighting: Work places Furniture History: Modern Times History of Architecture & History of Art, 20th c. & contemporary era Decorative Arts: two-dimensional design Visual compositions: colour in 3d space Structural Art: the construction Decorative Arts: two-dimensional design COURSE TITLE: Decorative Arts: two-dimensional design COURSE ID: Ν1-3040 COURSE TYPE: Theory, laboratory COURSE CATEGORY: Mandatory HOURS PER WEEK: 5 (Theory 2,  Lab 3) ECTS: 4 TYPICAL SEMESTER: 3th Aim and objectives of the course This course is an introduction to basic issues of theory and practice of decoration, especially in two dimensional spaces  in the form of structural elements of the site ( such as walls, floors, etc. ) or three-dimensional structures and objects. It examines the role of decorative applications, the communicative / mediating character and the particular requirements of their design. Bibliography Day L. F., Pattern design. Dover publications, Inc., New York 1999 Gombrich H., The Sense of order. Phaidon press limited, 1998 Grabar O., The Mediation of ornament. Princeton university press, 1992 Jones O., The grammar of ornament. Dover publications, New York 1987 Trilling J., The Language of Ornament. Thames & Hudson world of art, London 2001 Created Date : 08/07/2016 ^ Top of Page