Author : Rudolf Berliner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,16 MB
Release : 2012-09-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486154165
Beasts of myth and legend, writhing foliage, dancing symbols of fate — this spectacular compendium of 15th- and 18th-century designs features 127 black-and-white illustrations from the far corners of the imagination.
Author : Rudolf Berliner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486460177
Dancing beasts of myth and legend, thick foliage that appears to live and breathe, reclining figures engulfed by symbols of fate — this spectacular compendium of 15th- and 18th-century decorative elements offers up a dizzying array of designs steeped in fantasy. A marvel of history and art! 127 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Arthur L. Blakeslee
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486454533
This gallery of stunning architectural accents from Italy's Middle Ages has been assembled from a rare early-20th-century publication. Grotesques from carved panels of choir stalls, tombstone and ceiling ornaments, pierced stone balcony panels, and more, are reproduced in 60 richly detailed illustrations. A modestly priced treasury of authentic Renaissance style.
Author : Michel Liénard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486154041
Swirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other haunting figures, this otherworldly assortment features illustrations from a rare 19th-century volume: cartouches, frames, doors, trophies, cabinets, friezes, and much more.
Author : Joseph Halfpenny
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2005-11-30
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486445100
These royalty-free motifs feature exquisite specimens of the sculptured ornaments from northern Europe's largest medieval cathedral. York Cathedral features soaring Gothic architecture and a vast interior, parts of which date back to the 13th century. Reproduced from a rare 18th-century volume, this compilation consists of 175 illustrations, selected from throughout the building.
Author : Augustus C. Pugin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486155420
This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.
Author : A. Hauser
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2013-07-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486315983
Engraved in the 19th century, these flamboyant ornamental designs are based on a wide variety of historical examples, dating back as far as the 1500s and including images by Watteau and Dürer.
Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,10 MB
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486164446
Freshly rendered and richly detailed, the 129 designs in this collection depict cherubs, mythological animals, human faces and figures, floral and foliated designs, and many other items, all derived authentic sources.
Author : Jules Gailhabaud
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486147401
This lavish archive of exquisite engravings and designs--originally created in the mid-nineteenth century for the professional artist and architect--contains some 200 splendid illustrations, expertly adapted from decorative as well as utilitarian features of medieval cathedrals, churches, tombs, houses, shops, public buildings, and other structures. Encompassing a wide variety of styles, the designs include finely detailed panels, gawking gargoyles, marvelously carved pillars and pedestals, exquisite ironwork patterns, decorative stonework, magnificent stained glass windows, moldings enhanced with intricately woven motifs, and much more. Artists, designers, and craftworkers will find wide use for these versatile, royalty-free illustrations. Students of architecture, art historians, and lovers of ornamental art will delight in the pure beauty of this magnificent collection.
Author : Karl Alexander von Heideloff
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486155641
The decorative arts of the Middle Ages — richly ornate, filled with religious and mythic symbolism — were especially remarkable for the complexities of their design and their inspired craftsmanship. This fascinating volume presents nearly 1,000 illustrations of medieval ornament, consisting mostly of architectural elements from German Romanesque and Gothic churches and other buildings. Originally compiled by the German architect, painter, and engraver Karl Alexander von Heldeloff (1788–1865) as a source of study and inspiration for practicing artists and architects, this grand pictorial archive has been exactingly reproduced from a rare original edition, complete with new English translations of the German captions. The book is filled with precisely detailed engravings of doors, windows, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, and more. It remains a richly varied resource of authentic images of medieval ornament, ideal for students of architecture and the decorative arts and essential for graphic artists and designers in search of royalty-free illustrations.
