Ornamental “borderlands”: Elisabeth Wilson and Martin Heydrich’s historiographies of “primitive” ornament

This article examines texts by Elisabeth Wilson and Martin Heydrich written in 1914 at the University of Leipzig on the subject of ‘primitive’ ornament. Both synopsize the history and literature of this field from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the time of their writing. This article co...

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Main Author: Priyanka Basu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/basu1.pdf