Handbook of Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archive). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Handbook of Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Cette excellente collection d'ornements décoratifs historiques contient plus de 3 000 exemples allant des cultures grecque et romaine jusqu'à l'époque victorienne. Parmi les nombreux types d'objets représentés, on trouve de fins dessins au trait de chaises, de trônes, de couronnes, d'emblèmes héraldiques, d'autels, d'armures, d'architecture et de dizaines d'objets utilisés dans la vie quotidienne. 3 002 illustrations en noir et blanc.

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.