Скачать книгу (размер 1 799 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 354) Аннотация: Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Over 500 copyright-free frames, borders, vignettes, and more culled from a major Art Nouveau showcase. Abstracts, geometrics, animals, plants, people — especially sensuous female figures — have myriad design uses. Invaluable for artists, illustrators, advertisers, craftsmen. 514 black-and-white illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Lush, full-color reproductions of 56 dazzlingly inventive silkscreens reflect the richness of color and sensuous theatricality which have become Erte's trademark. Exquisite visions of The Seven Deadly Sins, The Four Emotions, The Zodiac, At the Theatre, and more will delight enthusiasts and win new admirers for the legendary designer. Preface.
Скачать книгу (размер 600 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 119) Аннотация: This classic work explores the full range of Art Nouveau ironwork. It includes 137 photographic illustrations of railings, gates, balconies, doorways, staircases, and much more.
Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Splendid selection of 218 black-and-white inventions from legendary designer's productions for Harper's Bazar, 1918-32. Also 8 pages of full-color covers, originals now prized collector's items. Captions. Publisher's Note.
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: A hundred garden favorites rendered in black-and-white line illustrations will suggest numerous design and artistic uses to artists, designers, craftsmen, needleworkers. Amaryllis, anemone, begonia, cinquefoil, peony, snapdragon flow and weave, many forming borders and frames. All drawings royalty-free.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 284) Аннотация: Ideal for use in newsletters, catalogs, bulletins, posters, ads, craft projects and more — no permission or fee ever required! Clear wood engravings present, in extremely lifelike poses, over 1,000 species of animals. One of the most extensive pictorial sourcebooks of its kind. Captions. Index.
Скачать книгу (размер 774 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 153) Аннотация: Great 19th-century illustrator's last major achievement: 108 brooding, surreal illustrations of magnificent, influential Renaissance epic poem. Damsels, knights, grotesque monsters. 208 black-and-white illustrations. Captions, introduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Outstanding collection of 400 motifs of rich Persian tradition, ready to use in many areas of design. The motifs include floral designs, geometrics, arabesques, mythical creatures, rosettes, paisley patterns, palmettes, medallions, border and marginal decorations, scrolls, curves, and hunting scenes.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: «These rare pictures, both real and imagined, of relics, rituals, people, animals, and geometric shapes and designs provide much-needed material for collage and illustration, material of the highest quality that is difficult if not impossible to find elsewhere. There are 25 full-page scenes of historic, natural and city vistas that are ideally suited as backgrounds for collages and other…
Скачать книгу (размер 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 110) Аннотация: Exemplary reprint of l6th-century classic. Covers classical architectural remains, Renaissance revivals, classical orders, more. 1738 Ware English edition. 216 plates a new and splendid edition of what has probably been the most influential book published in the history of architecture since its first appearance in 1570.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: 145 photos capture the stars from 1926 to 1949 — Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Veronica Lake — 94 stars in all. Portraits do not duplicate those found in Kobal's Movie Star Portraits, Introduction. Captions.
Скачать книгу (размер 713 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 141) Аннотация: 135 fantastic and grotesque scenes depict the passion and grandeur of one of Dante's most highly regarded works — from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise. Includes plates produced for The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, Illustrations accompanied by appropriate lines from the Longfellow translation.
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Ciliata, diatoms, calcareous sponges, Siphonophora, star corals, starfishes, Protozoa, flagellates, brown seaweed, jellyfishes, sea-lilies, moss animals, sea-urchins, glass sponges, leptomedusae, horny corals, trunkfishes, true sea slugs, anthomedusae horseshoe crabs, sea-cucumbers, octopuses, bats, orchids, sea wasps,…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Almost as if Alice were nibbling a Wonderland mushroom, the pictures have grown to just the right size for coloring — they are two and three times as large as the originals. The White Rabbit, Dodo, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Caterpillar, Father William, March Hare, Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Gryphon, Mock Turtle, and Alice herself are all here, waiting for your crayons. The text has been abridged…
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: The finest drawings of the celebrated Austrian artist — mostly nudes and seminudes taken in part from rare portfolios of 1919 and 1964 — reveal the dynamics of the line in representing the human figure spontaneously and freely. Introduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: 244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913. Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches and warlocks, the Danse Macabre, Hell and Damnation, the Art of Dying, more. Works by Durer, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, others.
Скачать книгу (размер 386 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 77) Аннотация: Dore's engravings for The Rime are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the ice of Antarctica, more — are all rendered in a powerful manner. Full text and 38 plates.
Скачать книгу (размер 876 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 173) Аннотация: Eighty-one plates show development from youth to full style. Many favorites, many new. Introduction by Alfred Werner. Includes Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirteen, Female Nude (with Headcloth and Slippers), Orpheus Slain by Bacchantes, with Boy Running Away, The fascination of the drawings is inexhaustible; the skill incredible; the upshot — delight.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: «Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences. The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears…