Full-Color Medieval Ornament
Title | Full-Color Medieval Ornament PDF eBook |
Author | Dover |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2003-03-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0486995453 |
Selected from 19th-century reprints of medieval manuscripts, 355 full-color illustrations depict a wide range of subjects — from birds, florals, animals, and geometrics to letters of the alphabet embellished with flowers and sinuous vines, mythical beasts, musicians, whimsical figures emerging from flowers, knights in battle, and much more.
Medieval Russian Ornament in Full Color
Title | Medieval Russian Ornament in Full Color PDF eBook |
Author | Moscow Museum of Art |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2012-08-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486155625 |
Over 1,000 motifs reprinted from a rare book of design first published in France in 1870. Ornate Cyrillic and Greek letters, corners, borders, page heads, and more as they appeared in illuminated Russian manuscripts.
Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration
Title | Victorian Sourcebook of Medieval Decoration PDF eBook |
Author | W. Audsley |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 2012-09-11 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0486155536 |
Meticulously reproduced motifs from rare 1882 edition. Diaper patterns, moldings, bands and borders, floral and foliate designs, illuminated initials, much more. Royalty-free. Introduction. Notes.
Racinet's Historic Ornament in Full Color
Title | Racinet's Historic Ornament in Full Color PDF eBook |
Author | Auguste Racinet |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012-09-11 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0486155463 |
DIVThe 19th-century French illustrator's classic reference to the decorative ornament of history's major cultures; over 2,000 royalty-free motifs in 100 beautiful full-color plates. /div
Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color
Title | Costume and Ornament of the Middle Ages in Full Color PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Shaw |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2012-07-12 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0486141861 |
More than a pictorial archive of medieval dress and decoration, this beautiful collection is also valuable for its discerning scholarship. A magnificent compilation of artwork from Henry Shaw's detailed study of court life in the Middle Ages, this splendid book provides a grand display of medieval figures and fashions of the times. Reproduced directly from Shaw's original, hand-colored plates and identified by brief captions, more than 200 superb illustrations depict knights in battle, ladies in waiting, kings, queens, popes, and commoners, as well as armor and weapons, jewelry, and other decorative accessories. Skillfully adapted from rare paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestries, textiles, and stained glass windows, these lovely illustrations will be invaluable to fashion historians and costume designers. Craftworkers will find them equally useful.
Full-Color Picture Sourcebook of Historic Ornament
Title | Full-Color Picture Sourcebook of Historic Ornament PDF eBook |
Author | Auguste Racinet |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2013-03-21 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 048615548X |
Classic sourcebook of spectacular royalty-free design collages, featuring over 1,500 decorative elements and motifs from major cultures in history through the 19th century, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. Adapted from jewelry, illuminated manuscripts, weapons, tiles, carved wood panels, ceilings, inlay, hardware, ceramics and more.
Medieval Illuminations
Title | Medieval Illuminations PDF eBook |
Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
Publisher | Chronicle Books (CA) |
Pages | |
Release | 1995-08-01 |
Genre | Christmas decorations |
ISBN | 9780811811163 |
Five ornaments adapted from the Belles heures of Jean are reproduced in this book. They are designed to be removed and hung. After the holidays the ornaments are pressed back into the book to save them.