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Eugene Grasset: Grasset's Art Nouveau Flower and Plant Designs

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Compiled by a pioneer in Art Nouveau design, these 72 plates of lush floral images are lovingly reproduced from a hard-to-find edition of a Belle Epoque classic. Full-page images, borders, and insets include illustrations — both real and fanciful — by M. P. Verneuil and other masters of the genre.

F. B. Heald: 600 Decorative Floral Designs

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: «Exquisitely detailed and stylistically rare, these 19th-century illustrations depict lush blossoms and plants surrounded by design elements of the most magnificent order. Perfect for enhancing greeting cards, newsletters, and websites, the 72 pages of black-and-white patterns also offer inspiration for needlework and other craft projects. Dover original selection from «A Selection of Suggestive…

Carol Belanger Grafton: Art Nouveau Decorative Borders and Frames (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: This treasury of 204 authentic black-and-white border and frame designs overflows with outlines that will add instant polish to any project. Selected from vintage periodicals, these floral and figurative motifs range from dainty cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions and from delicate and ethereal to bold and stately.

Carol Belanger Grafton: Bookplate Designs (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: In a unique homage to bookplate art, this treasury illuminates over 320 of the finest examples of the craft in a breathtaking variety of black-and-white designs. Produced by woodcut, engraving, etching, and other methods, and collected from all over the world, each bookplate is a masterpiece in small scale.

Jean Le Pautre: French Baroque Ornament

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Chosen from a rare 19th-century source, these 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of European Baroque design. Use the royalty-free art in this collection — a population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements — to embellish a host of craft, design, and graphic projects.

F. Kottenkamp: Medieval Knights, Armor and Weapons (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Skillfully reproduced from a rare 19th-century masterpiece, this collection features 60 hand-coloured engravings of medieval knights and their weapons. Images include warriors on horseback as well as an assortment of lances, spears, mobile siege towers, muskets, and armour.

Carol Belanger Grafton: Pre-Columbian Mexican Designs (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: As stories told through pictures, the magnificent codices created by Mexico's ancient Indians are rich in history and folk art. In this dazzling collection of 366 color and black-and-white designs expertly selected from original codices, visual renderings of kings, warriors, tribal ceremonies, and mystical journeys will delight artists and history enthusiasts alike.

F.M. Dostoevsky: The Double

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Most significant of the Russian novelist's early stories (1846) offers a straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. Golyadkin senior is a powerless target of persecution by Golyadkin junior, his double in almost every respect. Familiar Dostoyevskan themes of helplessness, victimization, scandal — beautifully handled in this small masterpiece.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: White Nights and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: From the author of Crime and Punishment comes this remarkable collection of short fiction.Ten compelling tales, steeped in Dostoyevsky's characteristic themes of spiritual torment and psychological conflict, evoke life in Czarist Russia. Featured stories include Dream of a Ridiculous Man, The Honest Thief, A Gentil Creature, and the title work.

Miguel Angel Sanchez Serrano: 1440 Geometric Vector Designs (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: In page after page of dazzling geometrics, an interesting design is spotlighted and split into multiple vibrant, dancing variations. Take motifs from this visual feast to rev up graphics projects, or use them to build your own unique designs Need to enlarge an image? Black-and-white illustrations are vector-based for ultra-clear enhancements.

Tomoyuki Onuma: Japanese Art Deco (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: These 468 authentic designs come from a rare volume published during the 1930s in Tokyo. Includes flowers, landscapes, flappers, birds, and a host of other stylized images. CD-ROM includes each image in a solid color as well as in black-and-white.

Appelbaum Stanley: Traditional Chinese Designs: With 218 illustrations

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: «Recognized internationally for their subtlety, delicate lines, and enduring beauty, artistic Chinese designs have long been regarded as more than simple ornamentation. The distinctive motifs represented in this superb collection of 218 permission-free patterns are typical of a vital art tradition that is experiencing a worldwide renaissance in popularity. Selected from various illustrated…

Rostand Edmond: Cyrano de Bergerac

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A quarrelsome, hot-tempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor. A witty and eloquent drama.

Erte Graphics: Five Complete Suites (50 Print) Reproduced in Full Color

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: «This volume provides a fascinating sample of Erte's very best graphic work, offering every plate from his most popular collections: «The Alphabet» (1977); «The Numerals» (1968); «The Aces» (1974); «The Precious Stones» (1969); and «The Seasons» (1970). Each plate has been painstakingly reproduced from the autographed, limited-edition lithographs.»

Mucha Alphonse: The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is perhaps best known for his poster of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorated plans such as The Seasons — work that continues to grow in popularity and value as the resurgence of interest in Art Nouveau increases. Among graphic artists and commercial designers, Mucha is praised for the innovative style books that pioneered the use of Art…

Menges Jeff A.: Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale Illustrations

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The most definitive collection available, this sumptuous gallery gathers breathtaking artwork from rare, early editions of such popular tales as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and The Snow Queen. There are 180 elegant images that capture the genius of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, Charles Folkard, Willy Pogany, and others.

Goble Warwick: Goble's Fairy Tale Illustrations

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Readers of all ages will cherish this unique book and its splendid combination of art and literature. Eighty-five stunning images by a master of watercolor techniques depict scenes from Japanese, Bengali, and Italian folklore. Other subjects include the works of Shakespeare and Tennyson, plus familiar characters such as Cinderella and Puss in Boots.

Serrano Miguel Angel Sanchez: Geometric Themes and Variations: 4,300 Designs and Motifs

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: In this amazing cache of designs, arresting displays of geometrics explode into thousands of fascinating variations. Each of 41 original black-and-white motifs is spun into three pages of adaptations, offering strikingly different variations on the original theme. More than 4,200 images form kaleidoscopic designs, optical illusions, and hypnotic abstracts.

Ibsen Henrik: The Wild Duck

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to confront the truth about their lives — but the truth only serves to wound them further.

Marlowe Christopher: Tamburlaine

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: From one of England's greatest playwrights, a remarkably inventive and poetically expressive work that set the form for later Elizabethan dramas. The 2-part romantic tragedy focuses on Tamburlaine — a Mongol warrior whose relentless rise to greatness and power, together with his enormous greed and vanity, culminates in his eventual downfall.