Author : Amy L. Lusebrink
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486276880
Over 150 motifs reflecting the eye-catching intricacies of Celtic design, ideal for use in graphics layouts, needlework designs and other art and craft projects. Often incorporating sinuous interlacements of animal, floral and abstract motifs, the designs have been clearly and boldly drawn to provide the clearest possible image for reproduction. The collection includes a variety of interesting shapes and sizes.
Author : Courtney Davis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 1991-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486267180
Contains 103 copyright-free Celtic designs and motifs for graphic artists.
Author : George Bain
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486317447
This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.
Author : A. G. Smith
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 19,24 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486404692
This compilation features more than 175 dynamic, royalty-free motifs in a wide range of styles. Derived from the metalwork, woodwork, textiles, carvings, and ceramics of the Viking homelands of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, they include sinuously intertwined patterns, mythological animals, dragon-slaying heroes on horseback, and many other striking images.
Author : Carl Adam Johan Nordenfalk
Publisher : George Braziller
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
This book presents a colection of colour pla tes from famous illuminated manuscripts that emerged from mo nasteries and island workshops during the 7th and 8th centur ies A.D., including the Book of Kells, the Lindisfarne Gospe ls, and the Book of Durrow. '
Author : Courtney Davis
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486274560
Sixteen full-page plates of Celtic motifs on translucent paper. Mythical beasts, Celtic crosses, saints, and more. Color and hang near a light source for exciting stained glass effects.
Author : John G. Merne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,78 MB
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780486419602
Even the most elaborate Celtic pattern boils down to a few basic motifs (including spirals, swastikas, circles, "s" curves, knots, tau crosses, sun signs, etc.). This lavishly illustrated handbook of over 600 designs offers a key to the intricacies of Celtic decoration, showing how the judicious use of these simple symbols, motifs, or ideographs can be used to develop newer and more ambitious patterns to meet the requirements of modern decorative art. Over 600 black-and-white illus.
Author : Jonathan James Graham Alexander
Publisher : London : Thames & Hudson
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN :
"This book is an anthology of decorated letters to be found in European manuscripts from the fourth to the fifteenth century" -- Introduction.
Author : Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0486115887
Noted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.
Author : Joules Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9785557597104
Presenting more than 50 Celtic symbols, this magical volume illuminates Celtic wisdom, bringing the essence of Celtic beliefs into everyday living. Illustrated with beautiful artefacts and enchanting artworks by Emma Garner.
