Author: Maggy Howarth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855327675
Category : Galets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
erials, laying a simple mosaic, creating and using various designs including shapes for stars, flowers, trees, birds and borders, as well as advanced ideas for plaques, figures, and pictures. 100 full-color photos. 60 black-and-white motifs and diagrams.
The Art of Pebble Mosaics
Author: Maggy Howarth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855327675
Category : Galets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
erials, laying a simple mosaic, creating and using various designs including shapes for stars, flowers, trees, birds and borders, as well as advanced ideas for plaques, figures, and pictures. 100 full-color photos. 60 black-and-white motifs and diagrams.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855327675
Category : Galets
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
erials, laying a simple mosaic, creating and using various designs including shapes for stars, flowers, trees, birds and borders, as well as advanced ideas for plaques, figures, and pictures. 100 full-color photos. 60 black-and-white motifs and diagrams.
The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook
Author: Maggy Howarth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869537272
Category : Garden walks
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A revised edition of this popular and authoritative book by one of the world's foremost pebble mosaic experts. This lavishly illustrated source book opens up the magic of pebble craft to the keen enthusiast and landscape designer alike. With an expanded section on technique, and updated information on New Zealand artists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869537272
Category : Garden walks
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A revised edition of this popular and authoritative book by one of the world's foremost pebble mosaic experts. This lavishly illustrated source book opens up the magic of pebble craft to the keen enthusiast and landscape designer alike. With an expanded section on technique, and updated information on New Zealand artists.
Garden Mosaics
Author: Becky Paton
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782493303
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. One of the most long-lasting and hard-wearing artforms, mosaic pieces are perfect to make the most of your outdoor room. The extensive techniques section shows you how to choose and use the right tiles for your environment. The range of tiles on the market today is better than ever, and the book makes the most of the wealth of new materials available such as spangled tiles or inexpensive but authentic gold-leaf tiles. As you progress, you can develop your own creativity with tips on tile and color-matching that allow you to adapt the projects to make pieces completely unique to you and your garden. All suitable for beginners, the 25 projects in the book range from simple decorative pieces, such as the enchanting, simple child’s footprints and butterfly stones to practical and sturdy weatherproof pieces, including a trompe l’oeil chequered mosaic tabletop and delightful planters that will add color to your garden even in winter. Some projects, such as the night light, can be finished in under two hours.
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782493303
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden Mosaics show you how to decorate your outdoor space in the most charming, individual, and enduring way. One of the most long-lasting and hard-wearing artforms, mosaic pieces are perfect to make the most of your outdoor room. The extensive techniques section shows you how to choose and use the right tiles for your environment. The range of tiles on the market today is better than ever, and the book makes the most of the wealth of new materials available such as spangled tiles or inexpensive but authentic gold-leaf tiles. As you progress, you can develop your own creativity with tips on tile and color-matching that allow you to adapt the projects to make pieces completely unique to you and your garden. All suitable for beginners, the 25 projects in the book range from simple decorative pieces, such as the enchanting, simple child’s footprints and butterfly stones to practical and sturdy weatherproof pieces, including a trompe l’oeil chequered mosaic tabletop and delightful planters that will add color to your garden even in winter. Some projects, such as the night light, can be finished in under two hours.
Ancient Mosaics
Author: Roger Ling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This text traces the history of mosaics, examining its chronological evolution from Hellenistic to Early Christian times and its regional variations. Topics discussed include mosaic technique and workshop organization and the relationship of mosaic to other forms of interior design.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This text traces the history of mosaics, examining its chronological evolution from Hellenistic to Early Christian times and its regional variations. Topics discussed include mosaic technique and workshop organization and the relationship of mosaic to other forms of interior design.
Garden Mosaics Project Book
Author: Helen Baird
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781780191669
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The principles of mosaic making are easy to master and this book gives you all the practical advice you will need on the basic techniques and materials, including concise information on the adhesives and tools required.
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781780191669
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The principles of mosaic making are easy to master and this book gives you all the practical advice you will need on the basic techniques and materials, including concise information on the adhesives and tools required.
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
Author: Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002301
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, in order to bring out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well-known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521002301
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, in order to bring out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well-known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.
Making Mosaics
Author: Leslie Dierks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781579905378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Of greatest use to beginners here is the description and step-by-step illustrations of four different assembly processes...The dozen projects will introduce first-time mosaicists to the art without...frustration: designed by professionals, each includes elaborate instructions, pattern (if appropriate), color photographs, and artists' tips..."--Booklist. "You'll never look at a shard of glass in the same way again."--Glass Craftsman. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781579905378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Of greatest use to beginners here is the description and step-by-step illustrations of four different assembly processes...The dozen projects will introduce first-time mosaicists to the art without...frustration: designed by professionals, each includes elaborate instructions, pattern (if appropriate), color photographs, and artists' tips..."--Booklist. "You'll never look at a shard of glass in the same way again."--Glass Craftsman. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
Classic Mosaic
Author: Elaine M. Goodwin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570761591
Category : Mosaics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Demonstrates traditional mosaic patterns and techniques with instructions for sixteen projects inspired by historical sources, covering materials, equipment, cutting, grouting, and sealing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570761591
Category : Mosaics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Demonstrates traditional mosaic patterns and techniques with instructions for sixteen projects inspired by historical sources, covering materials, equipment, cutting, grouting, and sealing.
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.
Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece
Author: Kristen Seaman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107074460
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece questions many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107074460
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Artists and Artistic Production in Ancient Greece questions many long-held ideas and provides a deeper understanding of particular artists and architects.