Книги издательства Dover Publications
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 1998
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This vintage how-to manual — the first modern American sewing book — provided turn-of-the-century seamstresses with clear instructions for altering patterns, hand-sewing stitches, and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding and evening gowns, coats, maternity wear, undergarments, children's clothing and other apparel. Also details lost arts like boning a bodice, creating bust enhancers, more.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2007
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In a rich retrospective of ecclesiastical architecture through the Middle Ages, the Gothic style shines through in 158 expert illustrations. Details of church windows, moldings, doorways, piers and arches, roofs, porches, panels, hinges, and more reveal the intricate geometry of classic Gothic design. Collected from rare 19th-century sources.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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The enormous diversity and enduring beauty of ornamental ironwork is celebrated in this singular sourcebook. Sixty antique plates showcase metal doors, balconies, window arches, gates, corner pieces, decorative embellishments, and more, many wrought with gargoyles, human figures, and florals. An accurate and invaluable reference for art historians, architects, and designers.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Compiled by a pioneer in Art Nouveau design, these 72 plates of lush floral images are lovingly reproduced from a hard-to-find edition of a Belle Epoque classic. Full-page images, borders, and insets include illustrations — both real and fanciful — by M. P. Verneuil and other masters of the genre.
Название: 600 Decorative Floral Designs
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Exquisitely detailed and stylistically rare, these 19th-century illustrations depict lush blossoms and plants surrounded by design elements of the most magnificent order. Perfect for enhancing greeting cards, newsletters, and websites, the 72 pages of black-and-white patterns also offer inspiration for needlework and other craft projects. Dover original selection from «A Selection of Suggestive Designs», Wheat, Brettle, & Baxter, Nottingham, 1870 edition.
Название: Astrology and Astronomy (+ CD-ROM)
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2006
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Signs, seals, and symbols — from the simplest drawings of heavenly bodies to the intriguing signs of the zodiac — are recorded here by two of the world's foremost experts in the field of graphic art. More than 400 black-and-white illustrations depict the planets, the Milky Way, comets, meteors, and other galactic marvels.
Год: 2006
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Over 400 original, black-and-white, attention-getting graphics that pop, recede, and shimmer. Circles, squares, ellipses, curves, lines, and angles create unique visual effects that are at times strong and intriguing and sometimes — purely dazzling. Great for use in ornamental packaging, room decoration, and graphics, the illustrations can be cropped, enlarged, or used as is.
Название: Art Nouveau Illustrations (+ CD-ROM)
Год: 2006
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»The Studio» magazine was the foremost source of Art Nouveau in England at the turn of the century and featured illustrations by such artists as Crane, Bradley, Robinson, and others. Here are 171 of the best graphic art specimens, including posters, cards, borders, frames, and much more.
Название: Beardsley Illustrations (+ CD-ROM)
Год: 2006
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During his brief life span and career, Beardsley electrified the public with his exotic, sensual drawings. These 221 seductive black-and-white renderings provide graphic designers with a rich selection of subjects from his most famous illustrated books including «The Savoy» and «Salome», as well as exotic cover designs, title pages, and poster art.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2007
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You'll turn to this collection of wonderfully detailed, ready-to-use spot illustrations again and again: animals, insects, birds, furniture, tools, hardware, recreational scenes, ornamental borders and devices, fruit, flora, and much more. The black-and-white illustrations — filled with quaint, old-fashioned flavor — will add nostalgic flourishes to an array of projects!
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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This treasury of 204 authentic black-and-white border and frame designs overflows with outlines that will add instant polish to any project. Selected from vintage periodicals, these floral and figurative motifs range from dainty cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions and from delicate and ethereal to bold and stately.
Название: Bookplate Designs (+ CD-ROM)
Год: 2008
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In a unique homage to bookplate art, this treasury illuminates over 320 of the finest examples of the craft in a breathtaking variety of black-and-white designs. Produced by woodcut, engraving, etching, and other methods, and collected from all over the world, each bookplate is a masterpiece in small scale.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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Drawn from a historic treasury of ornamental designs from such countries as France and Germany, among other European countries, this magnificent book and CD-ROM set overflows with 350 arresting black-and-white illustrations. This title features architectural elements, distinctive wood and metalwork, jewellery, sculpture, and other decorative arts. The images are a delight to browse and applicable to many design projects. This title is a Dover original selection from The Ornamentist, Or, Artisan's Manual of the Various Branches of Ornamental Art, A. Fullarton & Company, London, 1846.
Название: Rackham's Fairy Tale Illustrations
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2002
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Superb collection of 55 lovely plates, reproduced from rare, early editions, includes a rich selection of fairy tale images by one of England's leading illustrators of the early 20th century. Includes scenes from Irish Fairy Tales, English Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Snowdrop and Other Tales, Little Brother & Little Sister, and more.
Название: French Baroque Ornament
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Chosen from a rare 19th-century source, these 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of European Baroque design. Use the royalty-free art in this collection — a population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements — to embellish a host of craft, design, and graphic projects.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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London's Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in a massive glass structure called the Crystal Palace. This carefully selected gallery of more than 300 items from that colossal Victorian World's Fair includes ceramics, furniture, carriages, wallpaper, glass, textiles, and many other exhibits. This authentic treasury of 19th-century decorative and applied art includes a bonus CD-ROM of every image from the book.
Название: Artistry in Iron: 250 Designs (+ CD-ROM)
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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An inspiring compilation for historians and metalworkers, this volume features architectural details from a variety of sources and a broad range of styles. Selected from a rare French multi-volume publication, it features the finest examples of classic European ironwork. Designs include ornamented grilles, railings, panels, gates, and balconies. An accompanying CD-ROM features each image from the book.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2008
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Skillfully reproduced from a rare 19th-century masterpiece, this collection features 60 hand-coloured engravings of medieval knights and their weapons. Images include warriors on horseback as well as an assortment of lances, spears, mobile siege towers, muskets, and armour.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2009
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Unlike pixel-based digital images that often distort, Vector graphics can be enlarged to any size without the loss of clarity or quality. This collection features hundreds of versatile Vector-based borders, cartouches, scrolls, and spot illustrations. Sources for these unusual, attractive graphics include Greek vases, Byzantine mosaics, German woodcarvings and ironwork, and Persian tiles.
Жанр: Dover Publications
Год: 2010
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An expressive survey of an enduringly popular theme in the history of art, this lovely collection will capture the hearts of designers and crafters. Ready-to-use images include masterworks by Jan van Eyck, J. W. Waterhouse, Gerard ter Borch, John Vanderlyn, John S. Clifton, Simon Vouet, and other noteworthy artists.
