A Handbook of Ornament - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1290685495 ISBN 13 : 9781290685498

Editeur : Hardpress Publishing, 2012

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Republished unabridged from the final comprehensive edition, this work contains the largest single-volume collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. It reproduces material from Greek and Roman, medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, baroque, and early 19th-century art, architecture and design-in all presenting artists, craftsmen and students with more than 3000 designs.

Shows are such design elements as networks, Gothie tracery, geometric designs, akanthos leaves, lotus ornementation, animal ornementation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals, link borders, cresting liorders, finials, crockets, gargoyles, foliations, panels, repeated ornements and hundreds of other elements. Other plates show decorated pottery vases, religions utensils, weapons, furniture, lamps, jewelry, and other artifacts. Still others represent heraldic motifs and ornemental letters.

Unabridged republication. Index. Numerous figures. 300 full-page plates containing 3002 illustrations. xiv + 548pp. 5% x 8. Paperbound.

A dover edition designed for years of use!

We have made every effort to make this the best book possible. Our paper is opaque, with minimal show-through; it will sot discolor or become brittle with age. Pages are bound in signatures, in the method traditionally used for the best books, and will sot drop out. Books open flat for easy reference. The binding will sot crack or split. This is a permanent book.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hardpress Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1290685495
• ISBN 13: 9781290685498
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 574