Книги по орнаментам

This handsome archive depicts richly detailed armor and weaponry dating from the early ninth century to the mid-1700s. Adapted from decorative ornamentation on burial monuments and manuscripts, hundreds of finely executed images depict authentic shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, and ornate suits of body armor for knights and their steeds. 100 black-and-white plates.

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Пролистать книгу Medieval Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive на Google Books.

Hundreds of beautiful royalty-free line illustrations of intricately carved furniture trimmings. Delicate floral wreaths, scrolls, more.

This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.

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Пролистать книгу Pugin's Gothic Ornament: The Classic Sourcebook of Decorative Motifs with 100 Plates на Google books.

Adapted from jewelry, textiles, hardware, ceramic, inlays, carvings, and more, 852 full-color designs, collected by famed French artist Racinet, offer decorative ornamentation from every major culture of the world. Highlighting the achievements of artisans from ancient Egypt to 18th-century France, this treasury of historic motifs is an unparalleled source of beauty and inspiration.

V&A Pattern: William Morris highlights both popular and lesser-known patterns designs by the most famous designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

A source of inspiration for designers from William Morris to Alexander McQueen, the V&A holds over three million designs for textiles, decorations, wallpapers and prints. Now beautifully re-presented, the bestselling V&A Pattern series invites you to appreciate the work of some of the greatest names and styles in design history, highlighting interesting and imaginative works that are all too rarely seen.

Each pocket-sized book features 66 carefully selected patterns, and has a concise expert introduction, making these an invaluable source of inspiration for creatives – and the perfect gift for pattern-lovers.

From a rare sourcebook: more than 250 superb designs depicting decorative letters, elaborate floral borders, body type, and delicate woodcut illustrations. Together with a smaller selection of full-color designs once used in wallpaper, tapestries and other domestic accessories, the handsome motifs offer a vast storehouse of ideas. 291 designs, 40 in full color.

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120 engaging designs, meticulously adapted from patterns created by influential Victorian artist and craftsman for fabrics, wall hangings, carpets, and other decorative projects, depict lovely florals and vines, exotic birds, lush garden flowers, perky daffodils and much more — all artfully displayed in circular, oval, and rectangular frames and easily adaptable as templates.

William Morris (1834 - 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and even a libertarian socialist. His flower patterns are well-known worldwide, but his other design works such as editorial and font design are also worth watching and appreciating.

This book presents not only his textile patterns but also book design, font design, posters, stamps and various artworks including painting, all of which will become the precious reference for designers as well as for art lovers.

About the Author:

Hiroshi Unno was born in 1939 in Tokyo. Unno writes on art, cinema, music, urbanism, novels, flower arranging and more. Unno recent titles released by PIE International - Avant-Garde Graphics in Russia, The Art of Fantasy, Sci-fi and Steampunk, Harry Clarke, Beautiful Book Design, The World of Mucha, A Thousand and One Nights - have gained recognition worldwide.

The natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of exquisite stencil designs. A centuries-old tradition of capturing nature in striking floral and wildlife motifs is reflected in the graceful shapes and lovely lines of more than 100 illustrations. Lush blossoms, bamboo branches, butterflies, birds on the wing, and rustic country homes, among other subjects long associated with Japanese art, are boldly printed in black and white.

Ready for use as patterns for wallpaper, textiles, graphics, and needlework, these delicate royalty-free images are ideal for a host of modern decorative and graphic needs.

Republication of Japanische Motive Für Flachenverzierung, Verlag von Julius Becker, Berlin, 1897.

This boos has become an essential and practical tool as a guide to iconography and a source of inspiration for the creative of the 21st century. Superbly illustrated with almost 1000 silhouettes representing people of today’s society in different situations, poses and states as well as everyday objects, this book is truly remarkable in its magnificent visual presentation.

The first part of the book comprises 500 silhouettes of people while the second part of the book compiles images of 500 silhouettes of objects, organised into the following sections: trade, sports, music, home, children, family, tools, furniture, fashion, accessories, plants, animals, construction and weapons.

Includes a copyright free CD-Rom with all the silhouettes in EPS vector format which can be used directly or modified to create personalized designs.

Traces the significance of 1,000 commonly recognized symbols and places them in historical and cultural context

Symbols are often identified as an international language and, to some extent, they are. But that language is far from universal. Different symbols can mean radically different things in different contexts - a cross, a crane or a swastika could each have a distinct meaning for a Buddhist, an art historian or a student of the occult, for example, and none of those meanings would be quite the same.

1000 Symbols offers you a full explanation: an introductory alphabetical index is followed by groupings of related symbols, every one with an extended definition of its history and its cross-cultural meanings. Whether you are baffled by the relevance of the winged staff held by Mercury in a classical painting, or wonder why the Hebrew menorah has seven branches, this comprehensive reference dictionary will give you the information you're looking for, and place the explanation in both its historical and cultural contexts.

About the Authors:

Rupert Shepherd is a freelance writer specialising in art history.
Rowena Shepherd is an art historian currently working for English Heritage.

List of Contributors:

Michael Beechey, Linda Carter, Patricia Friedman, Rachel Kennedy, Rebecca Naylor, Julie North, Kate Newnham, Shashi Sen, Andrew Spira, Russell Stephenson, Kate Warren, Helene Watson

This book will be a companion volume to the successful 1000 Patterns book which we previously bought-in from the Ivy Press.

Like the previous book, it will be an historical/geographical survey of the subject, jam-packed with beautiful, full colour illustrations, covering 1000 different styles of tiles, providing collectors, designers (and interior designers), students and general readers with and invaluable reference/sourcebook.

Pattern + Palette 2: Sourcebook

"1000 орнаментов + цветовых комбинаций" - это настольная книга для дизайнеров всех уровней квалификации, работающих во всех жанрах. Шесть основных стилей. Пятнадцать тщательно подобранных цветов для каждого стиля. Более 1000 разновидностей орнаментов.

Эта книга - незаменимый помощник как для арт-директоров, дизайнеров и студентов, работающих в индустрии моды и графического дизайна, так и для любого, кто связан с индустрией визуальных коммуникаций. Книга состоит из 6 разделов, посвященных различным стилям, и каждая страница посвящена использованию отдельного цветового решения. Более 1000 неповторимых, но дополняющих друг друга орнаментов и цветовых комбинаций помогут дизайнерскому вдохновению.

К книге прилагается интерактивный CD-ROM-диск, в котором представлены все орнаменты. Пользователи могут выбирать орнаменты, экспериментировать с бесчисленным количеством цветов и распечатывать образцы орнаментов.