Plants and Their Application to Ornament
Plants and Their Application to Ornament

Author: Eugène Grasset

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2007-12-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780811861458

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Elegant botanical illustrations from the classic 1897 design book Plants and Their Application to Ornament arereproduced in this lavish collection. Sure to delight artists, designers, and fans of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles, this gorgeous volume features flowering plants depicted as realistic natural history-style illustrations and stylized images demonstrating plant-based design motifs used on textiles, wallpapers, and more. Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this deluxe edition presents an important art history artifact, a useful design reference, and a lovely and ornamental objet d'art.

Grasset's Art Nouveau Flower and Plant Designs
Grasset's Art Nouveau Flower and Plant Designs

Author: Eugéne Grasset

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008-06-11

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0486463125

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Compiled by a pioneer in Art Nouveau design, these 72 color plates of lush floral images are lovingly reproduced from a hard-to-find edition of a Belle Epoque classic. Full-page images, borders, and insets include illustrations — both real and fanciful — by M. P. Verneuil and other masters of the genre.

Art Nouveau Flowers and Floral Ornament
Art Nouveau Flowers and Floral Ornament

Author: Gustave Kolb

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2007-02-27

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0486998398

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Lovely, stylized drawings of actual plants — done in the sensuous, curvilinear style of Art Nouveau and displayed in ready-to-use panels, frames, spot illustrations, and other configurations — are placed alongside naturalistic renderings of the same species. The side-by-side arrangements allow commercial artists, designers, and hobbyists a wide choice of realistic and fanciful images. 318 illustrations.