Signs, Symbols & Ornaments
Author: René Smeets
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 184
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Signs and Symbols
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Ornament Legends, Symbols & Traditions
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Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This softcover...book is filled with a collection of stories, traditions, and folklore of ornaments ranging from acorn to Yule log and everything else in between. 75 favorite legends are artfully displayed with a heading, illustration, and legend, symbol, or tradition explanation"--Publisher web site.
Signs and Symbols
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2019-06-11
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0593958586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice? For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. From uniforms to body adornment and corporate logos, symbols are everywhere, and this book is your guide to their secret meanings and history. The Sun as well as the night sky with its stars and planets has long been used to symbolize supernatural forces. Learn about this and also how humans have used patterns, numbers, clothing, and more to signal authority, kinship, and status. Signs & Symbols decodes over 2000 emblems, explaining the visual language of architecture, heraldry, religion, and death. It answers questions such as why, for example, Christianity is symbolized by a fish, or how the Chinese use the crane bird to signify longevity. This comprehensive book also explores how certain gemstones or flowers became linked to personal qualities and how the alphabet and national flags came into being. Signs & Symbols will open your eyes to the fascinating world of symbolism that is embedded in every area of our lives.
Handbook of Ornament
Author: Franz Sales Meyer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-07-12
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 0486155269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians: chairs, thrones, crowns, heraldic emblems, altars, armor, architecture, and more.
Chrismons
Author: Frances Kipps Spencer
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780971547247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChrismons contains condensed interpretations of all the ornaments on the tree at the Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, Virginia. Drawings and photographs illustrate the explanations for the theological symbols that inspired the first Chrismons made by Mrs. Francis Kipps Spencer in 1957. A uniquely beautiful explanation of the life and ministry of Christ using images and scripture to remind the reader of ancient symbols, flowers and abbreviations Christians have used to tell Christ's story for centuries.
Handbook of Ornament
Author: Franz Sales Meyer
Publisher:
Published: 1900
Total Pages: 572
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA handbook of ornament
Author: F.S. Meyer
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Published:
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 117171548X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA handbook of ornament with 300 plates containing about 3,000 illustrations of the elements, and the application of decoration to objects.
Symmetry, Ornament And Modularity
Author: Slavik Vlado Jablan
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2002-08-13
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9814488062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses the origins of ornamental art — illustrated by the oldest examples, dating mostly from the paleolithic and neolithic ages, and considered from the theory-of-symmetry point of view. Because of its multidisciplinary nature, it will interest a wide range of readers: mathematicians, artists, art historians, architects, psychologists, and anthropologists.The book represents the complete analysis of plane symmetry structures, so it can be used by artists as a guide to the creation of new symmetry patterns. Some parts of the contents (such as Chapter 4, about conformal symmetry, and Chapter 6, about modularity in art) give the reader an opportunity to develop computer programs for producing images illustrating the corresponding symmetry forms.
