Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: From one of the great art traditions of the ancient world come designs of timeless beauty and appeal. Culled from rare and authentic sources, there are over 230 colour and black-and-white illustrations including gods and goddesses, animals, priests, and dancers plus stunning geometric designs, hieroglyphics, and more. It is an invaluable resource for art and craft use.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A complete library of ready-to-use ornaments, this feast of 19th-century graphics offers a stunning array of shapes, themes, and styles. From wonderfully simple to breathlessly intricate, over 500 black-and-white illustrations include circles, squares, corner pieces, borders, and more. Visuals feature plant life, birds, fish, and intricate line drawings.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: From elegant staircase balustrades and balcony railings to handsome elevator cages and lighting fixtures, this dazzling collection of 122 rare photographs encompasses an amazing range of Art Deco ironwork designs. Architecture enthusiasts, lovers of antiques, and fans of vintage ironwork will be fascinated by this stunning collection.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This title features grotesques from carved panels of choir stalls, tombstone and ceiling ornaments, pierced stone balcony panels, and more. This rich collection, assembled for a rare, early-20th-century publication, is a glorious gallery of architectural accents. It is the reprint of Ornamental Details of the Italian Renaissance, Architectural Book Publishing Co., New York, 1920.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Miniature works of art, these old-fashioned labels beckoned consumers from cigars, fruit crates, wine bottles, and well-traveled luggage sets. This convenient collection features 270 unusual logos, trademarks, and advertisements in full color, promoting products from international luxury hotels to Duck Brand lemons, Wenoka apples, and Jack Daniel's whiskey.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Nobles, knights, serfs, and beggars — people from all walks of life populate the pages of this excellent archive. Derived from paintings, woodcuts, engravings, and other sources, these 283 black-and-white illustrations offer lively perspectives on the way people looked and dressed as well as their celebrations, ceremonies, work, and pastimes.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Egyptian, Roman, Byzantine, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, Gothic, and more — this colorful compendium of 512 religious, architectural, and ornamental images encompasses the abundant variety of the ancient world. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare early-20th-century source, it offers designers and graphic artists an inexpensive but valuable selection of descriptions.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece Song of Myself. Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This singular collection displays pairs of letters, transforming ornamental initials into Art Nouveau masterpieces. Undulating lines, sensuous curves, writhing vines, and tendrils of leafy flora decorate every two-character combination, from A to Z. Featuring 990 imaginative illustrations, this treasury is perfect for tracing and copying. The marvelous monograms will also be enjoyed for their…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Signs, seals, and symbols — from the simplest drawings of heavenly bodies to the intriguing signs of the zodiac — are recorded here by two of the world's foremost experts in the field of graphic art. More than 400 black-and-white illustrations depict the planets, the Milky Way, comets, meteors, and other galactic marvels.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: This compilation of more than 300 exquisite images is an invaluable resource for designers, decorators and artists seeking to add the timeless beauty of Japanese art and ornament to any project. Dover Electronic Design series: permission-free illustrations and designs for art, craft, business and educational use. Hundreds of designs scanned at 600 dpi and saved in the most popular formats; can be…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Striking reproductions from a rare French portfolio of plants, animals, birds, insects, florals, abstracts, women, landscape and other subjects — all depicted in the sensuous, curvilinear Art Nouveau style. Full-color designs are shown in a wide array of usable formats: borders, repeating patterns, mortised cuts, corners, frames, and other configurations.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Compiled by a master craftsman and teacher at the world-famous Ecole Boulle in Paris, this first-rate, all-encompassing collection includes boldly styled geometrics within frames and borders, dynamic designs combining circles, squares, and abstract figures, as well as starkly simplified versions of blossoms, masks, creatures of the animal kingdom, and other wood carvings. 158 black-and-white…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Opening a door to a bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story offers an unforgettable depiction of a lunatic civil servant and his struggles to be noticed by the woman he loves. This excellent introduction to Gogol also features Nevski Prospect and The Portrait.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Compact anthology features many of the best works by 59 poets writing in English — from the complex rhyme schemes of Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser and Shakespeare's lovely sonnets to William Blake's visionary works and John Keats' profound insights into the nature of beauty, art, and mortality. Includes an introduction and brief commentaries on the poets represented.
Скачать книгу (размер 310 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 62) Аннотация: Features various motifs, reprinted from a 1910 portfolio, depicting florals, abstract designs, and more.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Striking compendium of Chinese art and design culled directly from rare sources includes animals, birds, fish, abstracts, and patterns in a remarkable diversity of styles, elegantly simple to intricately complex. 200 full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Danish-American artist Kay Nielsen is famed for his versions of stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen as well as the Nordic fables recounted in East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. This enchanting compilation draws upon Nielsen's images from these and other beloved books. 59 illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: All manner of creatures from the animal kingdom, as portrayed by famed masters, fill the pages of this unique collection. From Rembrandt's monumental elephant and Toulouse-Lautrec's prancing circus steed to Rubens' brush-and-ink study of a lion, this rich pictorial legacy will be prized by animal lovers and devotees of fine art. 102 illustrations, 17 in color.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This essential sourcebook offers authentic views of interior and exterior designs of buildings erected in the decades following the American Revolution. Reproduced from a rare 1805 edition, the handsome facsimile takes a fascinating look at how public structures and private homes were designed, contracted, built, and embellished during the Federal period.