Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 2012-07-04
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486142299
These royalty-free full-color allover patterns include numerous subjects and styles from 15th-century through 20th-century sources — geometrics, florals and foliates, animal and nature motifs, other decorative repeat patterns.
Author : Jessica Mazurkiewicz
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486469891
Thousands of years ago, the Greeks and Romans introduced a style of design that began with simple pebbles and colored stones. Today, mosaic art is a time-honored craft treasured throughout the world. Spiraling pinwheels, exploding geometrics, undulating waves, rhythmic zig-zags, and circular pathways are just some of the intriguing motifs you'll find in this imaginative collection of thirty images. Sure to satisfy creative colorists, the showcase will also serve as a source of inspiration for designers.
Author : Joan O'Brien
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486451615
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexico, march along the Champs-Élysées on Bastille Day, and visit Israel during Hanukkah as you circle the globe to observe 30 festivities.
Author : Palm & Fechteler (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,1 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486417344
This selection of royalty-free designs from a rare 1882 catalog of transferable designs for carriages and buggies includes ornamental crests, coats of arms, shields, mottos, and a wealth of other eye-catching designs — many incorporating dogs, handsome steeds, various birds, wild beasts, mythical creatures, and other eye-catching images.
Author : Jim Harter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,18 MB
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486318982
Selected for its visual impact and ease of use, this outstanding collection of wood engravings presents over 1,000 species of animals in extremely lifelike poses. Includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and other invertebrates.
Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 12,9 MB
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0486498492
A treasury of hard-to-find Inca artwork, this compilation features hundreds of striking designs. The images are drawn from the collections of a 19th-century anthropologist whose expeditions to Peru yielded a remarkable store of artifacts that reside today in museums throughout Germany. Designs, paintings, and relief representations depict ancient people, animals, and rituals. Reprint of selections from Ancient Peruvian Art, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1902–03.
Author : Jim Harter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486132137
Lush allegorical ladies, Grecian maids and Victorian maidens, Indians, Japanese, dancers, housewives, courtesans; women dancing, smiling, working, weeping, flirting — an unusually rich sourcebook of poses, costumes, clothing, everyday life. 488 illustrations.
Author : Jim Harter
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0486137651
Over 350 illustrations of different foods, people eating, utensils, banquets, menus, wine lists. Beautifully reproduced 19th-century line drawings depict every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation, display, and consumption of food and drink.
Author : Matthäus (the Younger) Merian
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486132765
Quadrupeds, snakes, mollusks and crustaceans, birds, fish, and insects depicted realistically and fancifully, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons, and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for commercial artists.
Author : H. Roessing
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486155544
Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, much more.
