Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486240010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bitten Fogh Andreasen said ) What disappointed me was that the print in the books is. I'm sorry to say that the books didn't quite meet my expectation ;) Ok-- they were cheap, so it's my own fault.I should have looked closer into them, but I was in a hurry--and that you shall not be, when buying books. SoIt was not your fault :)What disappointed. Rebecca said and I was fortunate to notice and claim a refund in time. This review is for the Kindle version. Rather than 577 plates, the Kindle version of Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament has a paltry 57 PLATES! It is clearly a mistake, and I was fortunate to notice and claim a refund in time. Please, Kindle, or Dover, f. "good for the price" according to robert drawbaugh. the other Dover Pictorial Archive came with discs, which made it easy to import into my computer for design projects.due to the outstanding price i can understand why a disc was not included, so i was ready to scan the images i liked, but the paper they used fo
From the Back Cover
The designs are grouped by subject matter: florals, landscapes, figures, etc. French, Italian, German, Scandinavian, and American studio draftsmen, all identified when possible. A fashionable home was a garden of graphic florals, petals, leaves, and stems.Today, Art Nouveau is again attracting artists, designers, and craftsmen of all kinds, while these countless ornamental flourishes have perished with their ephemeral surroundings. Here, taken directly from those rare books and periodicals, are 577 royalty-free authentic period designs specially chosen for artists and designers. Hundreds of thousands of carefully wrought designs embellished books, bookplates, furniture, and appliances. Art Nouveau motif seekers have been left with little choice but to resort to expensive archives of rare books. Artists represented include Gustav Klimt, George Auriol, Ethel Larcombe, and Will Bradley, along with hundreds of English. There are spot illustrations,