Author: Jessica Mazurkiewicz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486469891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Thousands of years ago, the Greeks and Romans introduced a style of design that began with simple pebbles and colored stones. Today, mosaic art is a time-honored craft treasured throughout the world. Spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, rhythmic zig-zags, and circular pathways are just some of the intriguing motifs you'll find in this imaginative collection of thirty images. Sure to satisfy creative colorists, the showcase will also serve as a source of inspiration for designers.
Magnificent Mosaics Coloring Book
Author: Jessica Mazurkiewicz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486469891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Thousands of years ago, the Greeks and Romans introduced a style of design that began with simple pebbles and colored stones. Today, mosaic art is a time-honored craft treasured throughout the world. Spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, rhythmic zig-zags, and circular pathways are just some of the intriguing motifs you'll find in this imaginative collection of thirty images. Sure to satisfy creative colorists, the showcase will also serve as a source of inspiration for designers.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486469891
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Thousands of years ago, the Greeks and Romans introduced a style of design that began with simple pebbles and colored stones. Today, mosaic art is a time-honored craft treasured throughout the world. Spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, rhythmic zig-zags, and circular pathways are just some of the intriguing motifs you'll find in this imaginative collection of thirty images. Sure to satisfy creative colorists, the showcase will also serve as a source of inspiration for designers.
Creative Haven Magnificent Mosaics Stained Glass Coloring Book
Author: Jessica Mazurkiewicz
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486798291
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Sixteen modern examples of mosaic art, bursting with spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, and more. Remove the perforated pages from the book after coloring and hold up to a light source for a glowing effect.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486798291
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Sixteen modern examples of mosaic art, bursting with spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, and more. Remove the perforated pages from the book after coloring and hold up to a light source for a glowing effect.
Paisley Designs Coloring Book
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486456420
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Inspired by nature's elements, paisley patterns derive from a centuries-old art tradition. Colorists will enjoy hours of creative pleasure with this all-original gallery of paisley designs! 30 full-page illustrations swirl with organic themes.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486456420
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Inspired by nature's elements, paisley patterns derive from a centuries-old art tradition. Colorists will enjoy hours of creative pleasure with this all-original gallery of paisley designs! 30 full-page illustrations swirl with organic themes.
Byzantine Mosaics in Norman Sicily
Author: Adele Cilento
Publisher: Magnus
ISBN: 9788870573022
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sicily is famous for the spectacular mosaics found in its magnificent palaces, chapels and cathedrals. Commissioned during the twelfth century by Sicily's Norman rulers and largely the work of Greek-speaking mosaicists brought to Sicily from Constantinople, these mosaics are among the most beautiful examples of Byzantine art in existence. A brief historical introduction about Byzantine, Arab and Norman domination and the spread of Byzantine art in Sicily is followed by three chapters dedicated to the greatest examples of Byzantine influence in Palermo, Cefalù and Monreale. With more than 175 color photographs, this extensively illustrated book provides a fascinating look at these mosaics. There are many close-ups, along with breathtaking views of interior spaces. Text in English and Italian.
Publisher: Magnus
ISBN: 9788870573022
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sicily is famous for the spectacular mosaics found in its magnificent palaces, chapels and cathedrals. Commissioned during the twelfth century by Sicily's Norman rulers and largely the work of Greek-speaking mosaicists brought to Sicily from Constantinople, these mosaics are among the most beautiful examples of Byzantine art in existence. A brief historical introduction about Byzantine, Arab and Norman domination and the spread of Byzantine art in Sicily is followed by three chapters dedicated to the greatest examples of Byzantine influence in Palermo, Cefalù and Monreale. With more than 175 color photographs, this extensively illustrated book provides a fascinating look at these mosaics. There are many close-ups, along with breathtaking views of interior spaces. Text in English and Italian.
Italian Mosaics, 300-1300
Author: Joachim Poeschke
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789210760
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Italian Mosaics: 300-1300 is the first comprehensive and well-researched overview of the many stunning examples of the art that still survive. It is lavishly illustrated with superb color plates, the majority of them new, specially commissioned photographs. This volume focuses on Early Christian and medieval mosaics in Italy. Each of the nineteen chapters is concise and authoritative, offering a descriptive and interpretive essay on all aspects of mosaics covering the artists and their patrons in the context of their cultural and political history. Most essays conclude with a diagram of the site, followed by a series of full- and double-page color plates showing the entire cycle. While this volume is the predecessor to the Italian Frescoes series, it also stands alone as a masterpiece of art and scholarship, which will be welcomed by art lovers and art historians alike.
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789210760
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Italian Mosaics: 300-1300 is the first comprehensive and well-researched overview of the many stunning examples of the art that still survive. It is lavishly illustrated with superb color plates, the majority of them new, specially commissioned photographs. This volume focuses on Early Christian and medieval mosaics in Italy. Each of the nineteen chapters is concise and authoritative, offering a descriptive and interpretive essay on all aspects of mosaics covering the artists and their patrons in the context of their cultural and political history. Most essays conclude with a diagram of the site, followed by a series of full- and double-page color plates showing the entire cycle. While this volume is the predecessor to the Italian Frescoes series, it also stands alone as a masterpiece of art and scholarship, which will be welcomed by art lovers and art historians alike.
Mosaic Art
Author: Martin Cheek
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843300663
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Aimed at people who have made small mosaics their hobby and are interested in tackling larger projects, this book combines the visual inspiration of a sourcebook with information about the creative process involved in making mosaics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843300663
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Aimed at people who have made small mosaics their hobby and are interested in tackling larger projects, this book combines the visual inspiration of a sourcebook with information about the creative process involved in making mosaics.
Venetian Glass Mosaics, 1860-1917
Author: Sheldon Barr
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN: 9781851495481
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this first survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century Venetian glass, readers are treated to 100 dazzling color photographs of some of the finest glass ever created. The fanciful shapes, remarkable clarity, sumptuous colors, and unusual patterns of Venetian glass have delighted and amazed collectors and enthusiasts the world over.
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
ISBN: 9781851495481
Category : Glassware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this first survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century Venetian glass, readers are treated to 100 dazzling color photographs of some of the finest glass ever created. The fanciful shapes, remarkable clarity, sumptuous colors, and unusual patterns of Venetian glass have delighted and amazed collectors and enthusiasts the world over.
Greek and Roman Mosaics
Author: Umberto Pappalardo
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0789213397
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The best-illustrated survey of a spectacular ancient art, now available in an affordable edition Mosaic has been called “painting for eternity,” and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condition and variety. Mosaic pavements with geometric and figural motifs first appeared in Greece at the end of the fifth century BC and subsequently spread throughout the classical world, from the palaces of emperors and kings to even relatively modest private homes. Across the Mediterranean, local workshops cultivated many distinctive regional styles, while traveling teams of Hellenistic craftsmen produced figural mosaics of stunning refinement, often modeled after famous paintings; indeed, their work constitutes one of our only records of classical Greek painting, which has been almost entirely lost. The styles and techniques of the ancient mosaicist’s art are given a concise yet authoritative exposition in the first part of this handsome volume. The second, and larger, part conducts the reader on a chronologically ordered tour of the most important centers of the art form’s development, from the Macedonian capital of Pella, whose compositions in natural pebbles set a high artistic standard for mosaics at the beginning of their history, to the Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, whose wall and vault mosaics, with their glittering vision of a triumphant Christianity, mark the transition between antiquity and the Middle Ages. Special attention is given to Pompeii and its surroundings, where the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved intact an astonishing variety of mosaics, including such ambitious figural scenes as the famous Alexander Mosaic, composed of some four million miniscule tesserae, as well as characteristically Roman pavements in black and white, and the brightly colored wall mosaics of garden grottoes. Featuring more than 230 vibrant photographs, many newly commissioned, Greek and Roman Mosaics is the first survey of its subject to be illustrated in full color. It will be an essential visual reference for every student of classical antiquity, and a source of considerable delight for art lovers.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0789213397
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The best-illustrated survey of a spectacular ancient art, now available in an affordable edition Mosaic has been called “painting for eternity,” and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condition and variety. Mosaic pavements with geometric and figural motifs first appeared in Greece at the end of the fifth century BC and subsequently spread throughout the classical world, from the palaces of emperors and kings to even relatively modest private homes. Across the Mediterranean, local workshops cultivated many distinctive regional styles, while traveling teams of Hellenistic craftsmen produced figural mosaics of stunning refinement, often modeled after famous paintings; indeed, their work constitutes one of our only records of classical Greek painting, which has been almost entirely lost. The styles and techniques of the ancient mosaicist’s art are given a concise yet authoritative exposition in the first part of this handsome volume. The second, and larger, part conducts the reader on a chronologically ordered tour of the most important centers of the art form’s development, from the Macedonian capital of Pella, whose compositions in natural pebbles set a high artistic standard for mosaics at the beginning of their history, to the Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, whose wall and vault mosaics, with their glittering vision of a triumphant Christianity, mark the transition between antiquity and the Middle Ages. Special attention is given to Pompeii and its surroundings, where the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved intact an astonishing variety of mosaics, including such ambitious figural scenes as the famous Alexander Mosaic, composed of some four million miniscule tesserae, as well as characteristically Roman pavements in black and white, and the brightly colored wall mosaics of garden grottoes. Featuring more than 230 vibrant photographs, many newly commissioned, Greek and Roman Mosaics is the first survey of its subject to be illustrated in full color. It will be an essential visual reference for every student of classical antiquity, and a source of considerable delight for art lovers.
Popes Coloring Book
Author: John Green
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486792366
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This unique coloring book profiles the eleven most recent Holy Fathers, from Leo XIII to Francis I. A magnificent full-page image of each pontiff appears opposite his papal coat of arms and a brief biography and motto. Other illustrations include St. Peter's Basilica, the Swiss Guard, and additional scenes from the Vatican.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486792366
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This unique coloring book profiles the eleven most recent Holy Fathers, from Leo XIII to Francis I. A magnificent full-page image of each pontiff appears opposite his papal coat of arms and a brief biography and motto. Other illustrations include St. Peter's Basilica, the Swiss Guard, and additional scenes from the Vatican.
Heart Mandalas Coloring Book
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486492192
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Colorists of all ages will adore this kaleidoscopic array of original designs. Thirty romantic full-page images of mandalas feature hypnotic, heart-shaped patterns, complemented by flowers, vines, birds, and other decorations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486492192
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Colorists of all ages will adore this kaleidoscopic array of original designs. Thirty romantic full-page images of mandalas feature hypnotic, heart-shaped patterns, complemented by flowers, vines, birds, and other decorations.