Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene
Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene

Author: Walter Crane

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0486402746

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Magnificent collection of medieval illustrations and decorations created by famed Victorian-era artist to illustrate a sumptuous limited edition of The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser's 16th-century allegorical epic poem. Over 300 superb images — including full-page plates, headpieces, borders, vignettes, and decorative initials — depict knights, maidens, dragons, unicorns, angels, and a host of decorative elements.

A Manual of Historic Ornament
A Manual of Historic Ornament

Author: Richard Glazier

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-12

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0486149366

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Hundreds of detailed illustrations depict painted pilasters from Pompeii, early Gothic stone carvings, a detail from a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral, more. Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, 16 plates of photographs.

The Faerie Queene as Children's Literature
The Faerie Queene as Children's Literature

Author: Velma Bourgeois Richmond

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-07-13

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1476625875

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Edmund Spenser's vast epic poem The Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most representative of the Elizabethan age. In it he fused traditions of medieval romance and classical epic, his religious and political allegory creating a Protestant alternative to the Catholic romances rejected by humanists and Puritans. The poem was later made over as children's literature, retold in lavish volumes and schoolbooks and appreciated in pedagogical studies and literary histories. Distinguished writers for children simplified the stories and noted artists illustrated them. Children were less encouraged to consider the allegory than to be inspired to the moral virtues. This book studies The Faerie Queene's many adaptations for a young audience in order to provide a richer understanding of both the original and adapted texts.

Drawings of William Blake
Drawings of William Blake

Author: William Blake

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1970-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780486223032

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The artist and poet are clearly revealed in these reproductions of Blake's pencil drawings

Great Portrait Drawings and Prints
Great Portrait Drawings and Prints

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780486434025

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One hundred and one stunning portraits, 16 in color, by a select group of world-famous artists. Color portraits include Rubens' Young Woman with Crossed Hands, Rossetti's Aurea Catena (Portrait of Mrs. Morris), and Renoir's Portrait of Cézanne. Black-and-white plates include works by Matisse, Bellini, Delacroix, van Gogh, Schiele, Degas, and others.

150 Masterpieces of Drawing
150 Masterpieces of Drawing

Author:

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0486316920

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Full-page reproductions of drawings from the early 15th century to the end of the 18th century, all beautifully reproduced: Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Dürer, Fragonard, Urs Graf, Wouwerman, and many others.

The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 18501925
The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 18501925

Author: Annie Ravenhill-Johnson

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0857283170

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‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal. The volume celebrates working-class culture and shows how it could be both innovative and derivative. Annie Ravenhill-Johnson’s exploration of the artistry of the emblems – the art of and for the toiling masses – sets these images of labour in their historical, cultural and ideological context.

The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925
The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925

Author: Annie Ravenhill-Johnson

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1783083395

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‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal. The volume celebrates working-class culture and shows how it could be both innovative and derivative. Annie Ravenhill-Johnson’s exploration of the artistry of the emblems – the art of and for the toiling masses – sets these images of labour in their historical, cultural and ideological context.

Linoleum Block Printing
Linoleum Block Printing

Author: Francis J. Kafka

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1972-06-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0486203085

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Outlines the materials and processes involved in cutting the blocks, converting photographs, and printing greeting cards, bookplates, and textiles

Degas, an Intimate Portrait
Degas, an Intimate Portrait

Author: Ambroise Vollard

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780486251318

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Charming, anecdotal memoir by famous art dealer of one of the greatest 19th-century French painters. 14 illustrations. Introduction by Harold L. Van Doren.