800 Classic Ornaments and Designs
800 Classic Ornaments and Designs

Author: Ernst Günther

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0486153932

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Graphic artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will welcome this treasury of beautifully engraved ornate frames, scrollwork, and other highly decorative designs — 800 in all — reproduced from an extremely rare mid-19th-century style book. Comprising 142 plates, the volume features a lavish assortment of ornaments, bedecked with flowers, mythological creatures, and other fanciful touches, all beautifully rendered in meticulous detail. Other striking designs incorporate a rich selection of classical columns, plus heraldic designs — shields, coats-of-arms, seals, and insignias from Austria, Russia, Denmark, France, and many other countries — for a touch of medieval flair or aristocratic ambience. In addition, this collection offers a variety of charming calligraphic alphabets in styles ranging from plain to majestic. An invaluable source of inspiration and a treasury of designs for permission-free use, these distinctive images are ideal for enhancing such print projects as ads, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, catalog copy, and much more.

Old House Interiors
Old House Interiors

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2008-05

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13:

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National architectural magazine now in its fifteenth year, covering period-inspired design 1700–1950. Commissioned photographs show real homes, inspired by the past but livable. Historical and interpretive rooms are included; new construction, additions, and new kitchens and baths take their place along with restoration work. A feature on furniture appears in every issue. Product coverage is extensive. Experts offer advice for homeowners and designers on finishing, decorating, and furnishing period homes of every era. A garden feature, essays, archival material, events and exhibitions, and book reviews round out the editorial. Many readers claim the beautiful advertising—all of it design-related, no “lifestyle” ads—is as important to them as the articles.

Pugin's Gothic Ornament
Pugin's Gothic Ornament

Author: Augustus C. Pugin

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0486155420

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This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.

200 Neoclassical Designs and Motifs
200 Neoclassical Designs and Motifs

Author: Agostino Aglio

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486421074

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In 18th-century France, the neoclassicism of the Louis XVI style reflected a definite reaction against over-elaborate rococo and baroque designs; and with Napoleon's assumption of power late in the century, there came a deliberate artistic attempt to re-create the aura of Imperial Rome to give a sense of legitimacy and permanence to the new "empire." This French neoclassicism was soon reflected in many stylebooks published in England during the period. The present volume comprises a selection of 43 plates from one of these extremely rare British collections. It provides artists and illustrators with a host of elegant, royalty-free fine line illustrations depicting cherubs astride lions, gods and goddesses at play, figures draped in classical robes, cartouches, busts, and a wealth of other designs, all ready to add a touch of timeless classical elegance to a wide variety of print projects as well as numerous art and craft activities.

Victorian Ornamental Designs CD-ROM and Book
Victorian Ornamental Designs CD-ROM and Book

Author: William Gibbs

Publisher: Dover Publications

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780486998152

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Selected from a rare Victorian sourcebook, here are 286 immediately usable illustrations: wallpaper patterns, columns, pilasters, curtain arms, window blinds, doorknockers, bell pulls, and much more.

Baroque Ornament and Designs
Baroque Ornament and Designs

Author: Fran‡oise Stella

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486253783

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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.

Art Nouveau Typographic Ornaments
Art Nouveau Typographic Ornaments

Author: Dan X. Solo

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-02-13

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 0486157792

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Over 800 Art-Nouveau florals, swirls, women, animals, borders, scrolls, wreaths, spots and dingbats, copyright-free.

700 Victorian Ornamental Designs
700 Victorian Ornamental Designs

Author: F. Knight

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-23

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 0486155749

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This lavish collection of royalty-free engravings by the celebrated 19th-century artist F. Knight — reproduced directly from a rare original edition — contains elaborate wall murals with trompe-l’oeil effects; scenes of hunters, flanked by mythological figures; idealized damsels in rustic settings; and numerous other florid motifs.

Renaissance Ornaments and Designs
Renaissance Ornaments and Designs

Author: Marty Noble

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-11

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0486164446

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Freshly rendered and richly detailed, the 129 designs in this collection depict cherubs, mythological animals, human faces and figures, floral and foliated designs, and many other items, all derived authentic sources.

The Book of Signs
The Book of Signs

Author: Rudolf Koch

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-12-31

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0486153908

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Famed German type designer renders 493 classified and documented illustrations divided into 14 categories, including general signs, Christian signs, astronomical signs, the four elements, house and holding marks, runes, and more.