Книги издательства Dover Publications
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1987
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Rare treasury of floor plans, elevations, perspective drawings for houses and cottages in Queen Anne, Eastlake, Elizabethan, Colonial, other styles. Large engraved plates also contain scaled drawings of nearly 700 architectural details. Invaluable resource for restorers, preservationists, students, etc. 734 black-and-white illustrations. Preface.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1990
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First one-volume paperback edition of one of the most important documents in American architecture. Depicted are over 130 structures — the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Tiffany & Company, and the original Penn Station, among others, in New York, as well as many important landmarks in other cities. 435 photographs, over 250 line illustrations.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2006
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Danish-American artist Kay Nielsen is famed for his versions of stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen as well as the Nordic fables recounted in East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. This enchanting compilation draws upon Nielsen's images from these and other beloved books. 59 illustrations.
Название: Ornament and Design of the Alhambra
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2013
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Spain's Alhambra Castle continues to amaze with its stunning repertoire of Moorish-style embellishments. This unequalled collection by the great Victorian artist and architect Owen Jones displays 180 full-colour plates that expertly reproduce original designs from the palace's windows, ceilings, wall panels, door arches, porticos, and more. This special printing includes gold as a fifth colour to closely simulate the original designs.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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James Gibbs remains one of England's most influential and respected architects. His legendary 1728 folio includes perspectives and blueprints for such magnificent commissions as London's St. Martins-in-the-Fields — the standard for many churches that followed — the Senate House of the University of Cambridge plus fine drawings of marble cisterns, iron gates, funeral monuments, and more.
Название: By a Woman's Hand
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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At the turn of the 20th century, the demand for magazine and book illustrations was at an all-time high — offering many women artists previously unavailable professional opportunities. This unique anthology features over 120 color and black-and-white artworks by 20 of the Golden Age of Illustration's finest female illustrators including Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway, and Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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These 680 detailed drawings depict the history of fur garments, from their practical use in cold climates to their display as a badge of royalty. Chronological entries include introductions for each era and range from panther skins worn by ancient Egyptian priests to high fashion designs by Dior. Glossary.
Название: Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2011
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This wonderful survey of the famed artist's early work features 44 color plates in addition to several black-and-white vignettes and spot illustrations. Most of the images depict fantastic dwarfs, giants, elves, and fairies as well as naturalistic illustrations far removed from the fairy world. An elegant offering for all Rackham fans, this volume includes many long-unavailable pieces.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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The most definitive collection available, this sumptuous gallery gathers breathtaking artwork from rare, early editions of such popular tales as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and The Snow Queen. There are 180 elegant images that capture the genius of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, Charles Folkard, Willy Pogany, and others.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1995
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Chivalry and romance of the Middle Ages, dramatically and powerfully depicted in 36 splendid illustrations, recapture the romance of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the tale of the fair Elaine, the wily Vivien and more. Accompanied by appropriate quotes from Tennyson's poem.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1996
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Treasury of 370 full-color royalty-free illustrations selected from rare antique chromolithographs: lovely ladies, rosy-cheeked children, amorous couples, floral arrangements, clasped hands, doves, and many other nostalgic, sentimental vignettes. Ideal for use in a host of art and craft projects.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1998
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Stunning sourcebook of 60 full-page, royalty-free designs — 30 in full color and 30 in black-and-white — depict a marvelous selection of allover, subtly colored patterns for textiles, wallpaper, rugs, and wall hangings. Imaginative, Art Nouveau-inspired renderings of ferns, flowers, berries, human figures, masks, exotic dancers and a host of other subjects.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2001
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From prehistory to the mid-20th century, this informative book describes and illustrates the development of Western dress. The text — enhanced by nearly 500 illustrations — appears in outline form, permitting easy cross-referencing of material. Details of distinctive features for each era include footwear, headgear, accessories, and typical colors and materials. 491 black-and-white illustrations.
Название: American Silver
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2001
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A practical guide to recognizing, identifying, and appreciating the finest American silverwork. Photographs and drawings of masterworks from leading collections show some of the finest work by Jacob Hurd, Jeremiah Dummer, Peter van Dyck, Edward Winslow, John Coney, Paul Revere, and other renowned silversmiths. 52 halftones, 14 black-and-white line illustrations.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1986
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Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1978
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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 projects. All of the pictures are sharply defined and clearly printed on one side of each page to allow for optimal use of their lines and textures and to eliminate the possibility of «show-through».
Название: The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2004
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Ilustrated with diagrams and numerous examples by artists and students, this easy-to-follow guide for drawing animals offers a systematic approach to learning proportion, rules of repose and motion, and basic forms. Using the anatomic details of such representative animals as the horse and the cow, the student learns how to modify these drawings to portray a dog, lion, and other subjects. Directions also show how to draw subjects in poses that range from static to rapidly moving. Other topics cover proportion and drawing the hind leg, foreleg, trunk, head and whole figure.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1976
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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.
Название: Great American Short Stories
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2002
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Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Bartleby by Herman Melville, To Build a Fire by Jack London, Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, plus stories by Hawthorne, Twain, Cather, and others.
Название: Great Self-Portraits
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2002
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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 44 splendid self-portraits. Subjects range from such 15th-century artists as Gentile Bellini, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albrecht Durer to a host of 19th-century masters: James Whistler, Auguste Rodin, Vincent van Gogh, Berthe Morisot, Aubrey Beardsley, and many more. Among the other artists depicted here are the avid self-portraitist Rembrandt van Rijn, in one of his trademark hats, along with Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco de Goya, William Blake, and Camille Pissarro. Artists, art historians and art lovers will enjoy discovering the emotions, character traits, and nuances of personality revealed in these masterly self-portraits.
