Traditional Animal Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople
Traditional Animal Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Madeleine Orban-Szontagh

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0486274853

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Over 1,000 royalty-free illustrations of animals, birds, insects and creatures both real and fanciful as depicted in dozens of design traditions from Ancient Egyptian to Early American. Chinese dragons, Indian elephants, Egyptian scarab beetles, and hundreds more, arranged by category and identified by captions. Indispensable source of ready-to-use animal art for artists, illustrators, craftspeople, more.

Animal Motifs from Around the World
Animal Motifs from Around the World

Author: Doris Rosenthal

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0486497631

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Drawn from the ancient art and artifacts of an international array of museum collections, this spectacular volume offers a unique selection of unusual animal motifs from Prussia, Egypt, Persia, China, Germany, Sweden, and other areas. The edgy designs possess a timeless appeal that makes them especially attractive to contemporary designers, tattoo artists, crafters, and others.

American Folk Art Designs & Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople
American Folk Art Designs & Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Joseph D'Addetta

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0486247171

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Today's artists, designers, and craftspeople turn to the charming and distinctive motifs of early American folk art time and time again for design inspiration. This rich collection includes more than 170 authentic designs adapted from objects in museums and private collections — from quilts, embroidery, and appliqué work to watercolor paintings, tinware, and gravestones. Captions provide information on the original objects from which the designs were drawn, the medium used, region of origin, and approximate date.

Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople
Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Madeleine Orban-Szontagh

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-21

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 048613976X

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Superb treasury of 319 royalty-free designs skillfully rendered from French, English, German, Swiss, and Russian textiles of 18th and 19th centuries. Profusion of flowers, leaves, sprays, branches, fruits, and birds.

Wildflower Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople
Wildflower Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Charlene Tarbox

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-02-20

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0486156877

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Clear, accurate illustrations of 163 common North American wildflowers — tiger lily and water lily, snowdrop, ox-eye daisy, thistle, and wild strawberry among them. The flowers are depicted in full-page and half-page sizes in many different configurations: as individual blossoms, in borders, corners, clusters, wreaths, and garlands. Some are shown in frames.

5000 Designs and Motifs from India
5000 Designs and Motifs from India

Author: Ajit Mookerjee

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0486319997

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Incredibly rich treasury of authentic royalty-free designs adapted from artifacts of the Harappa culture, coins and pottery from South India, Ajanta and Bagh murals, Muslim monuments, Buddhist temples, textiles from Gujarat, Punjab, other regions, masks and tribal arts, much more. Immediately usable material or great resource for design inspiration. Introduction. Notes.

Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
Islamic Designs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Eva Wilson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 048625819X

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Beautifully rendered from book illustrations, pottery, metalwork, carvings, and other sources, these 280 black-and-white designs include geometrics, florals, and animal and human figures in circular, hexagonal, rectangular, and other shapes.

Traditional Japanese Family Crests for Artists and Craftspeople
Traditional Japanese Family Crests for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Isao Honda

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0486155846

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Over 1,700 compact, graceful designs — a traditional part of many Japanese family histories — are featured in this handsome, versatile collection. Depicting plant, leaf, animal, and fan designs in circular motifs; astronomical images, and more, the authentic, royalty-free crests are ideal for use as spot illustrations in a variety of graphic projects.

North American Indian Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
North American Indian Designs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Eva Wilson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486253414

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Over 360 authentic royalty-free designs adapted from Navajo blankets and rugs, painted wooden masks, decorated moccasins, Hopi pottery, Sioux buffalo hides, more. Geometrics, symbolic figures, plant and animal motifs, much more.

Big Book of Bird Illustrations
Big Book of Bird Illustrations

Author: Maggie Kate

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0486135977

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An indispensable resource for anyone in need of avian art, this magnificent compendium comprises more than 600 royalty-free images. Featuring the work of many different artists, it abounds in accurate renderings of ducks and geese, herons, owls, eagles, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and many other birds, both familiar and less well known, from the world over.