While this book is intended is intended for all who love boats, ships, history, and nautical lore, it is also designed as a definitive source of high-quality, royalty-free images for use by artists,……続きを見る
A painter whose father was an engraver and publisher of the same name, Matthäus Merian (1621–1687) published this remarkable group of unusual and highly imaginative animal illustrations. This copyri……続きを見る
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 deta……続きを見る
A wealthy Anglo-Italian connoisseur devoted to the nineteenth-century struggle for Italian unification, Frederick Stibbert amassed an extensive collection of arms, armor, and costume ー which today ……続きを見る
One of the great anthologies of historic ornament and design. A veritable treasure chest of royalty-free images, arranged chronologically: Roman architecture and sculpture, Byzantine embroidery, and……続きを見る
Charming collection of 12 full-page and 24 half-page frames features colorful collages of flowers, cherubs, butterflies, heart-felt messages, and more. Compiled from rare Victorian-era materials, th……続きを見る
Here are all the essentials for creating striking ads and other graphic messages with an attention-getting retro look and feel. Drawn from typographic sourcebooks as well as sign-painting manuals of……続きを見る
To many, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939) is best known for his beautiful bell époque posters and magnificent decorative panels. His distinctive graphic approach to the 1895 poster advertising Sarah……続きを見る
The bold black-and-white line drawings in this outstanding collection offer artists and craftspeople a rich and varied source of historic Korean patterns and designs. The 142 copyright-free motifs, ……続きを見る
Rich selection of more than 120 intricate images of snowflakes, based on photographs taken by W. A. Bentley (1865–1935) over a 50-year period, will provide an endless source of inspiration for artis……続きを見る
This rare collection, originally published in Germany during the 1860s, presents a wealth of designs from temples and other buildings of ancient Greece and Rome. The seventy-one black-and-white plat……続きを見る
More than 450 black-and-white photographs, royalty-free, show ironwork masterpieces from all over Europe ー doors, gates, railings, grilles, door knockers, locks, lanterns, candelabra, firedogs, cha……続きを見る
In this amazing cache of designs, arresting displays of geometrics explode into thousands of fascinating variations. Each of forty-one original black-and-white motifs is spun into three pages of ada……続きを見る
This extraordinary collection of engravings provides designers and commercial artists with a magnificent sourcebook of Victorian-era plant images ー all royalty-free. Included are 2,400 crisply deta……続きを見る
This handsome collection contains scores of unique images based on folk art designs created by artists of Austria, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, and other European countries.
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To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939) is perhaps best known for his posters of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorative panels such as "The Seasons" ー works that continue to gro……続きを見る
This comprehensive treasury of copyright-free floral designs ー chosen from rare periodicals and illustrated books ー offers graphic artists and craftworkers a variety of floral favorites in ornamen……続きを見る
著者:Yuko Green
出版社: Dover Publications
発売日: 2013年03月13日
Splendid sourcebook of 135 accurate black-and-white illustrations of tropical flowers, including such spectacular specimens as the African tulip, rainbow shower tree, safari sunset, glory bush, Mada……続きを見る
Collection of 850 precisely drawn calligraphic elements recalls the spirit of 18th-century pen flourishing. Delicate scrolls, swirls, frames, borders, cartouches and other design elements are suitab……続きを見る
The Nuremberg Chronicle, a 1493 history of the world, contains some of the most beautiful woodcuts ever designed. This splendid selection depicts 91 locales ー Athens, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Jerusalem……続きを見る
Over 300 superbly engraved images of nature's lovely offerings: dainty sprays of roses, poppies, daisies, forget-me-nots, and other blooms; as well as branches heavily laden with apples, peaches, pl……続きを見る
Kaleidoscopic designs are thrilling in their profusion of color and repeating patterns, but they look so complex that creating one would seem to be virtually impossible. Norma and Leslie Finkel have……続きを見る
The sleek, exciting geometric motifs seen everywhere in today's decorative arts reflect the continuing Art Deco revival. Textiles, wallpaper, upholstery, and graphics abound with the dynamic, distin……続きを見る
Women's fashions during the second half of the nineteenth century offered a delightful display of styles reflecting English, French, and American tastes. This comprehensive treasury of more than 900……続きを見る
An ancient art form dating back to cave paintings in the Paleolithic age, silhouettes were extremely popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when they served as an inexpensive form o……続きを見る
Re-create a lovely spray of wild roses that once bloomed in abundance on an early nineteenth-century fabric. Duplicate a lush Persian floral print from a kerchief worn in the waning days of the acie……続きを見る
A Rich Archive of Medieval Vignettes From Authentic Pages of History
In this artful look back at the fascinating facets of medieval society, the realms and reveries of the Middle Ages unfold in more……続きを見る
This monumental collection contains over 350 royalty-free illustrations of every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation and consumption of food and drink. Jim Harter, well-known commerc……続きを見る
Ornament is the essence of Art Nouveau. Throughout their two decades of dominance, Art Nouveau artists concentrated on the ornamental and decorative potential of the flowing line in painting, printi……続きを見る