Author: David Batterham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783836556255
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teeming with tapestries, manuscript illuminations, carpets, and tiles, this far-reaching compendium brings together the two greatest 19th-century catalogues of ornament into one indispensable reference book. Encompassing designs from medieval times through to the 19th century, in styles as diverse as Egyptian, Etruscan, or Middle Eastern, this...
Die Welt der Ornamente
Author: David Batterham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783836556255
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teeming with tapestries, manuscript illuminations, carpets, and tiles, this far-reaching compendium brings together the two greatest 19th-century catalogues of ornament into one indispensable reference book. Encompassing designs from medieval times through to the 19th century, in styles as diverse as Egyptian, Etruscan, or Middle Eastern, this...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783836556255
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teeming with tapestries, manuscript illuminations, carpets, and tiles, this far-reaching compendium brings together the two greatest 19th-century catalogues of ornament into one indispensable reference book. Encompassing designs from medieval times through to the 19th century, in styles as diverse as Egyptian, Etruscan, or Middle Eastern, this...
Racinet's Historic Ornament
Author: Auguste Racinet
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486998770
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs, collected by famed French artist Racinet, offer decorative ornamentation from every major culture of the world. Highlighting the achievements of artisans from ancient Egypt to 18th-century France, this treasury of historic motifs is an unparalleled source of beauty and inspiration.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486998770
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs, collected by famed French artist Racinet, offer decorative ornamentation from every major culture of the world. Highlighting the achievements of artisans from ancient Egypt to 18th-century France, this treasury of historic motifs is an unparalleled source of beauty and inspiration.
Nature Of Ornament
Author: Kent Bloomer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730364
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Yet during the twentieth century, ornament was scorned (Adolf Loos famously called it "crime") and its study all but eliminated from art and architecture curricula. What happened - and must we live with the result? Is ornament dead?".
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730364
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Yet during the twentieth century, ornament was scorned (Adolf Loos famously called it "crime") and its study all but eliminated from art and architecture curricula. What happened - and must we live with the result? Is ornament dead?".
A Handbook of Ornament
Author: Franz Sales Meyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Full-color Picture Sourcebook of Historic Ornament
Author: Auguste Racinet
Publisher: Dover
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Classic sourcebook of spectacular design collages, all royalty-free, featuring over 1,500 decorative elements and motifs from major cultures in world history through the 19th century.
Publisher: Dover
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Classic sourcebook of spectacular design collages, all royalty-free, featuring over 1,500 decorative elements and motifs from major cultures in world history through the 19th century.
Florid Victorian Ornament
Author: Karl Klimsch
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486234908
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Do you want intricate and convoluted scrollwork for a poster or newspaper ad? Are you looking for an ornate floral design for your decoupage? Are you into collage or boxes filled with mementos from the recent, florid past? Or do you want to make Victorian greeting cards or bookplates like those you found in your great-grandfather's books? You'll find designs for these and a multitude of other imaginative projects in this rich and impressive collection overflowing with remarkable Victorian ornament. Klimsch's exceptional quality of rendering these designs, his use of clean lines, shading, and three-dimensional effects in the most complex ornaments, is truly remarkable. He captures the Victorian love of the fantastic and exotic, of a riotous imagination that is ultimately controlled and ordered. These examples of Victorian ornamentation are among the very best that can be found today. Florid Victorian Ornament contains more than 700 metal-engraved designs on 102 plates: borders, frames, corners, leaves, scrollwork, strapwork, rosettes, escutcheons, and cartouches in varied sizes and styles. There are floral motifs: leaves, flowers, vines, wreaths, and vases filled with incredibly ornate, ever-spreading, ever-germinating greenery. There are intricate geometric patterns: Greek frets, interlocking circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, rococo extravagances, curlicues beyond description. And there are the perennial lions, swans, serpents, heads, hats, helmets, vegetables, innocent waifs, lovers, and healthy, overripe women. From this vivid collection commercial artists, craftspeople, and designers will find numerous designs they can readily use in advertising and graphics work or for their own personal enjoyment. And if you are a lover of Victoriana, grab this book and revel in excess.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486234908
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Do you want intricate and convoluted scrollwork for a poster or newspaper ad? Are you looking for an ornate floral design for your decoupage? Are you into collage or boxes filled with mementos from the recent, florid past? Or do you want to make Victorian greeting cards or bookplates like those you found in your great-grandfather's books? You'll find designs for these and a multitude of other imaginative projects in this rich and impressive collection overflowing with remarkable Victorian ornament. Klimsch's exceptional quality of rendering these designs, his use of clean lines, shading, and three-dimensional effects in the most complex ornaments, is truly remarkable. He captures the Victorian love of the fantastic and exotic, of a riotous imagination that is ultimately controlled and ordered. These examples of Victorian ornamentation are among the very best that can be found today. Florid Victorian Ornament contains more than 700 metal-engraved designs on 102 plates: borders, frames, corners, leaves, scrollwork, strapwork, rosettes, escutcheons, and cartouches in varied sizes and styles. There are floral motifs: leaves, flowers, vines, wreaths, and vases filled with incredibly ornate, ever-spreading, ever-germinating greenery. There are intricate geometric patterns: Greek frets, interlocking circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, rococo extravagances, curlicues beyond description. And there are the perennial lions, swans, serpents, heads, hats, helmets, vegetables, innocent waifs, lovers, and healthy, overripe women. From this vivid collection commercial artists, craftspeople, and designers will find numerous designs they can readily use in advertising and graphics work or for their own personal enjoyment. And if you are a lover of Victoriana, grab this book and revel in excess.
The Grammar of Ornament
Author: Owen Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Baroque Ornament and Designs
Author: Franoise Stella
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486253783
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Extravagant in concept, exuberant in spirit, elaborate in design, Baroque art and architecture flourished in 17th-century Europe. These engravings by a noted French artist perfectly embody the Baroque sensibility through architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, lush florals and foliates, borders, and other striking design elements. 46 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486253783
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Extravagant in concept, exuberant in spirit, elaborate in design, Baroque art and architecture flourished in 17th-century Europe. These engravings by a noted French artist perfectly embody the Baroque sensibility through architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, lush florals and foliates, borders, and other striking design elements. 46 illustrations.
Ornamental Borders, Scrolls and Cartouches in Historic Decorative Styles
Author: Syracuse Ornamental Co.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155412
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Hundreds of beautiful copyright-free line illustrations of intricately carved furniture trimmings. Delicate floral wreaths, scrolls, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155412
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Hundreds of beautiful copyright-free line illustrations of intricately carved furniture trimmings. Delicate floral wreaths, scrolls, more.
French Baroque Ornament
Author: Jean Le Pautre
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486154114
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
A rich assortment of Baroque imagery to use . . . and admire Meticulously reproduced from a valuable portfolio by a notable nineteenth-century French artist, 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of Louis IV-era Baroque design. A gorgeous population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements, this collection of royalty-free art will inspire ideas for — and immediately embellish — a host of craft, design, and graphics projects. An exhaustive reference for artists and Baroque design enthusiasts.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486154114
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
A rich assortment of Baroque imagery to use . . . and admire Meticulously reproduced from a valuable portfolio by a notable nineteenth-century French artist, 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of Louis IV-era Baroque design. A gorgeous population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements, this collection of royalty-free art will inspire ideas for — and immediately embellish — a host of craft, design, and graphics projects. An exhaustive reference for artists and Baroque design enthusiasts.