Historic Ornament and Design in Full Color: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

This colorful compendium of 512 religious, architectural, and ornamental images encompasses the abundant variety of the ancient world. Painstakingly reproduced from a very rare early-twentieth-century source, it features artwork from:
Egypt
Rome
Greece
China
Japan
Persia
... plus ornaments from Byzantine, Arabic, Gothic, and other exotic cultures and remote eras. Designers and graphic artists will find this inexpensive volume a valuable resource of distinctive decorations.