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Author: A. Hauser
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-07-17
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0486315983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngraved in the 19th century, these flamboyant ornamental designs are based on a wide variety of historical examples, dating back as far as the 1500s and including images by Watteau and Dürer.
Author: Michel Liénard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-04-04
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 0486154041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSwirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other haunting figures, this otherworldly assortment features illustrations from a rare 19th-century volume: cartouches, frames, doors, trophies, cabinets, friezes, and much more.
Author: Rudolf Berliner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2008-04-21
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 0486460177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDancing beasts of myth and legend, thick foliage that appears to live and breathe, reclining figures engulfed by symbols of fate — this spectacular compendium of 15th- and 18th-century decorative elements offers up a dizzying array of designs steeped in fantasy. A marvel of history and art! 127 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: Syracuse Ornamental Co.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-08-29
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0486155412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHundreds of beautiful copyright-free line illustrations of intricately carved furniture trimmings. Delicate floral wreaths, scrolls, more.
Author: Franoise Stella
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1987-01-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 0486253783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExtravagant 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.
Author: Jean Le Pautre
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-09-11
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 0486154114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
Author: Frederick Knight
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compilation of a master engraver's designs presents a versatile array of borders, frames, scrolls, cartouches, arches, corners, and crests, in motifs featuring floral, animal, fantasy, and rococo patterns.
Author: F. Knight
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-23
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 0486155749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Augustus C. Pugin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 0486155420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Karl Alexander von Heideloff
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-12-03
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 0486155641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe decorative arts of the Middle Ages — richly ornate, filled with religious and mythic symbolism — were especially remarkable for the complexities of their design and their inspired craftsmanship. This fascinating volume presents nearly 1,000 illustrations of medieval ornament, consisting mostly of architectural elements from German Romanesque and Gothic churches and other buildings. Originally compiled by the German architect, painter, and engraver Karl Alexander von Heldeloff (1788–1865) as a source of study and inspiration for practicing artists and architects, this grand pictorial archive has been exactingly reproduced from a rare original edition, complete with new English translations of the German captions. The book is filled with precisely detailed engravings of doors, windows, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, and more. It remains a richly varied resource of authentic images of medieval ornament, ideal for students of architecture and the decorative arts and essential for graphic artists and designers in search of royalty-free illustrations.
