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Treasury of Japanese Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftsmen
A profound sense of the aesthetic beauty in all things pervades the whole of Japanese culture, finding perhaps its clearest expression in the decorative, applied, and pictorial arts. Characterized by a mastery of line and composition, and noted for lyrical scenes of exquisite beauty, the genius of Japanese art has bequeathed to the world a remarkable and distinctive design legacy. This exceptio…
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Great Self-Portraits
What does a self-portrait tell us about the artist? Readers are invited to find out in this unique addition to Dover's popular Art Library Series. Drawings in pen, ink, and charcoal, as well as etchings and engravings, encompass 45 splendid self-portraits. Subjects range from such 15th-century artists as Gentile Bellini, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Drer to a host of 19th-century masters: Ja…
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- 9780486146614
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Fanciful Victorian Initials1,142 Decorative Letters from "Punch"
Rich compendium of capital letters selected from venerable British humor magazine. Astonishing wit, invention, draughtsmanship in letters drawn by Tenniel, Leech, Sambourne, Doyle, other Victorian masters. Historic calligraphy; topical, political, literary allusions; animals, plants, many other motifs. All copyright-free. Inexhaustible graphic inspiration.
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Great Animal Drawings and Prints
From Rembrandt's monumental elephant and Toulouse-Lautrec's prancing circus steed to Rubens' masterly brush-and-ink study of a lion, this unique collection portrays all manner of creatures from the animal kingdom. More than 100 royalty-free illustrations 17 in color include magnificent works by: Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Drer, Anthony van Dyck, Francisco Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Brueg…
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- 9780486145594
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ChildrenA Pictorial Archive
Rich in authentic period flavor, this exceptional sourcebook, with its appealing vignettes of old-fashioned youngsters, will add a nostalgic touch to any number of graphic projects. Over 850 engaging black-and-white illustrations, carefully chosen from rare sources, depict winsome moppets playing with toys, dolls, and pets; riding bicycles; playing tennis and baseball; reading, sleeping, and en…
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Illuminated Initials in Full Color548 Designs
Among the glories of extant medieval manuscripts are the splendid illuminated initials in which geometric, curvilinear, animal, religious and other motifs intertwine to form extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters. For this striking volume, Carol Belanger Grafton has selected 548 illuminated letters-alphabetically arranged-from 19th-century reprints of medieval manuscripts. Here are ma…
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Treasury of Ironwork Designs469 Examples from Historical Sources
The history of Western decorative arts is filled with splendid examples of ornamental ironwork elaborately wrought designs for gates and fences, finials and posts, banisters, window grilles, signs and marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative features. This practical archive brings together nearly 500 outstanding examples of the ironmaker's art. Meticulously…
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Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference
Comprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black-and-white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth-century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Ey…
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Old-Time Men and Women Vignettes in Full Color
In this collection of rare, turn-of-the-century images, you'll find many different kinds of people from a variety of historical periods. Among its 304 images, this book contains pictures of men and women both in realistic everyday dress, and resplendent in fine jewels and clothing. Other illustrations portray amusing caricatures of people with outlandish and comical distortions. In addition to …
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Great Drawings of Nudes45 Works
This volume offers an impressive sampling of life drawings by 45 of the art world's greatest masters. From Albrecht Drer's 15th-century brush-and-ink drawing of Female Nude, Seen from the Back and Modigliani's mixed media presentation of Caryatid to splendid drawings by Raphael, Rubens, van Dyck, Hogarth, Constable, Ingres, Gauguin, Matisse, and 35 other outstanding artists, these carefully sel…
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