40 royalty-free borders and frames incorporating rich arrangements of flowers, vines, and branches in styles from Renaissance to Art Deco on nonreproducible grids.
24 full-page, 16 half-page frames provide maximum amount of interior space for copy and illustration. Elegant, distinctive designs include florals and foliates. Royalty free.
Over 1,000 motifs reprinted from a rare book of design first published in France in 1870. Ornate Cyrillic and Greek letters, corners, borders, page heads, and more as they appeared in illuminated Russian manuscripts.
Based on J.G. Heck's 'Bilder Atlas zum Conversations Lexicon, ' published in Germany in the nineteenth century, the original 'Iconographic Encyclopædia of Science, Literature, and Art' was a monumental six-volume compilation of illustrations and information covering an enormous range of subjects, from archaeology to zoology. Among its most remarkable features were the more than 11,000 superb steel engravings, comprising one of the most extensive pictorial archives ever published in a single work. The present book is devoted to architecture, mythology, and fine art, and includes illustrations of prehistoric tombs, pyramids, catacombs, classical temples and medieval cathedrals, as well as museums, arches, bridges and scores of other structures. Also depicted are mythological and religious figures and rites from many cultures: Hindu, Japanese and Mexican idols; Egyptian gods and goddesses, Persian processions, runic stones, Dionysian orgies and others. Fine art illustrations include Etruscan bas-reliefs, Egyptian painting and statuary, Greek sculpture, paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Andrea del Sarto, Titan, and other masters, along with illustrated examples of the art of drawing, and alphabets of various languages.
Any flower lover can produce breathtaking arrangements--it's just a matter of applying the principles of good design. A lushly photographed guide to contemporary and traditional styles explains how to learn basic skills and ordinary materials. Over 30 designs are on display, with every step for producing them in both fresh and silk flowers. See how to choose the right container (baskets, clear glass, bubble bowls, tall vases) and shape (round, fan, horizontal, vertical, right triangle). Assemble your own versions of arrangements like Seasonal Delights, Springtime Garden, Summer Pitcher, Waterfall, Fruit Compote, Garden Romance, Framed Florals, Christmas Gathering, and Golden Glow. Add special effects--candles, water features, topiaries--to highlight any event from a holiday party to a wedding theme.
From one of the most beautiful books on the decorative arts ever published: reproductions of classic full-color renderings by the great Victorian designer of design elements in Chinese porcelain and cloisonné antiquities now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reprinted from the original plates made in 1867.
Thousands of illustrations from 19th-century archive: weapons, fortifications, fighting vessels, Egyptian costumes, mummies, Roman coins, medieval armor, much more.