"The law of harmony in flourishing is the same as in love. As long as everything goes along smoothly, harmony prevails. But as soon as some rival crosses the pathway, especially in a diagonal way, there is likely to be trouble in camp. Therefore see that the lines run nearly parallel or cross nearly at right angles." With the charm of words like these, this pleasantly old-fashioned manual inculcates a fine art that has been virtually lost: the art of ornate pictorial calligraphy, or "flourishing." A good pen, this book, and practice are all you need to create your own magnificent swirls, delicately shaded curves, harmoniously crisscrossing lines, from which birds, rabbits, deer, ribbons, and other images gracefully emerge. Complete instructions lead you from proper positioning and basic exercises to finished flourishes of increasing complexity. Frequent helpful hints encourage calligraphers to cultivate grace, harmony, and symmetry by means of diligence, patience, and perseverance. The approach is quaintly traditional, the results delightful. Over 150 lovely examples of flourishes form in themselves a wonderful collection of ornate pictorial calligraphy. With this unique manual and ample practice, you will help keep alive a glorious decorative art. As this book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive series, its royalty-free illustrations may also be applied to a multitude of graphic arts and design purposes.
Автор: Modley Rudolf Название: Handbook of Pictorial Symbols ISBN: 048623357X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486233574 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 2347.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (2 шт.) Описание:
Pictorial symbols furnish travelers and motorists with important information at airports and on highways and are frequently used on packages, clothing, and appliances from around the world. The international use of these symbols is steadily increasing, and this handbook brings together 3,250 examples from numerous sources. Here are symbols that represent children and young adults, teachers, family groups, women, men, airplanes, cars and other vehicles, farmers, crime, money and finance, government and politics, clothing, machinery, entertainment, and many other symbolic categories. Then come two sections of public symbols for telephone, restroom, coffee shops, and 32 other basic facilities, arranged first by service or facility and then by system -- Department of Transportation, Netherlands Railroad, Tokyo Olympic Games, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Montreal Expo, and 20 others. Also included are symbols from additional systems, such as European Road signs, U.S. Weather Bureau Cloud Code Charts, and the Netherlands Statistical Foundation Symbols by G. Arntz. A detailed table of contents and an index direct users to specific symbols. Unequaled for its breadth and ease of use, this comprehensive sourcebook is a necessity for anyone working in the field of pictography. It is also a primary source for graphic artists who must convey information to an international audience. Anyone interested in the development of universal graphic symbols will find this book a treasury of essential material.
Описание: Over thousands of years, man has developed an enormous variety of offensive and defensive weapons for use in battle as well as a vast array of armor and other protective devices. Now artists and illustrators can draw on this extensive archive for superb copyright-free illustrations of vintage arms, armor, and other battlefield paraphernalia. Choose from a rich trove of over 750 illustrations compiled from rare nineteenth-century sources. Included are detailed, high-quality depictions -- arranged chronologically and, to some extent, geographically -- of suits of armor, chain mail, swords, halberds, spears, pikes, lances, crossbows, axes, daggers, helmets, shields, knives, small arms, and a host of other implements, along with scenes of battle, siege, jousts, soldiers, horses, and more. Especially suitable for projects requiring a medieval or old-fashioned flavor, these illustrations reproduce extremely well. They will fill a myriad of needs for battle-related graphic art.
Автор: Joan Название: A History of Jewellery, 1100-1870 ISBN: 0486261220 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486261225 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 3096.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The history of jewelry has closely paralleled the history of mankind. Used as amulets to protect against harm and worn for ceremonial occasions, jewels also signaled wealth, power, and position. This engrossing scholarly study by a noted English antiquarian offers a splendid account of jewelry styles over a 700-year period -- from the early Middle Ages and Gothic period, through the Renaissance as well as the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Drawing on a number of vital sources -- museums and private collections, evidence given by portrait painters, surviving designs for jewels and others -- the author gives us not only a comprehensive chronicle of the jewels themselves but also their relation to costume and fashion and their reflection of changing social values. Enhancing the meticulously detailed narrative are 400 photographs and illustrations depicting, among scores of other pieces, a gold heart-shaped brooch inscribed with "You are my earthly joy," dating from the fifteenth century; a gold brooch set with sapphires, emeralds, and pearls; a diamond and topaz necklace (c. 1760); a gold padlock, set with cornelian and pearls (c. 1800); a gilt bronze clasp (c. 1200); the silver Loch Buy Brooch, set with rock crystals and pearls (sixteenth century), and a thirteenth-century reliquary pendant of the Holy Thorn. For anyone interested in the long and fascinating history of handcrafted jewelry, here is a superb sourcebook of extremely rare ornamentation, a rich and detailed study that will also appeal to fashion and costume historians, collectors, and lovers of antiques.
Автор: Dover Название: Christian Symbols CD-ROM and Book ISBN: 0486995909 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486995908 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 1855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: 520 signs and symbols from the Old and New Testaments, the medieval and modern church.
Описание: Time in Antiquity explores the different perceptions of time from Classical antiquity, principally through the technology designed to measure, mark or tell time. The material discussed ranges from the sixth century BC in archaic Greece to the 3rd century AD in the Roman Empire, and offers fascinating insights into ordinary people`s perceptions of time and time-keeping instruments.
Название: Heck`s Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science ISBN: 0486282910 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486282916 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 2848.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Based on J. G. Heck's Bilder Atlas zum Convenations Lexicon, published in German in the nineteenth century, the Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art was a monumental six-volume compilation of illustrations and information, covering an enormous range of subjects, from architecture to zoology. Among its most remarkable features were the thousands of superb steel engravings, comprising one of the most extensive pictorial archives ever published in a single work. The present book, one of three separate and independent volumes based on the rare original American edition of 1851, is devoted to nature and science. Over 170 beautifully reproduced plates contain thousands of illustrations depicting an extraordinary array of subjects: mathematical and geometrical problems; surveying instruments, astronomical maps, and instruments; planetary systems according to Ptolemy, the Egyptians, Copernicus, and others; positions of the planets; botanical illutrations of scores of plants -- including seed pods, fruits, and other parts; physical and meteorological illustration demonstrating many laws and principles; numerous types of physical and chemical apparatus; animals, minerals, fossils, geological formations; human anatomy; and many other images. A descriptive table of contents is keyed to numbered illustrations on each plate. Artists, illustrators, and anyone in need of precisely rendered, royalty-free science or nature illustrations will welcome this practically inexhaustible wealth of immediately usable art.
Автор: Grafton Carol Название: Children: A Pictorial Archive ISBN: 0486417972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486417974 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 1855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Over 850 versatile illustrations from rare sources depict engaging moppets playing with toys, dolls, and pets; riding bicycles, playing tennis and baseball, reading, sleeping, engaged in activities with other children, and in many other settings and situations. Appealing vignettes of bygone times fo
Описание: Readers who enjoyed and valued such Dover reprints as the 1895 Montgomery Ward Catalog will delight in this illustrated archive of Victonan era house furnishings kitchenware, and hardware Over 2.000 illustrations - reprinted from rare woodcut engravings and selected from priceless antique trade catalogs - fill the pages of this comprehensive guide. On display are andirons, apple corers and ash sifters, balance scales, beef shavers, cowbells, berry spoons, brass coal hods, housemaid's buckets, buttonhole cutters, cider mills, coffee roasters, grindstones, hay rakes, inkwells, oil-burning lamps, sausage stuffers, seed strippers, spittoons, string holders, washboards, clothes wringers, and hundreds of other items. Captions provide helpful product descriptions, including such information as size, weight and cost. Historians, antique dealers, collectors, and lovers of Victoriana will find this volume an indispensable reference: artists, desigrers, and craftspeople will be delighted with the enormous selection of copyright-free images - many unavailable elsewhere.
Автор: Lehner Ernst Название: Magic and Mystical Symbols CD-ROM and Book ISBN: 0486996131 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486996134 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 1855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Symbols associated with mystical or supernatural powers and beliefs from Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Chinese, Nordic and Germanic civilisations. Electronic Clip Art series: easy-to-use electronic permission-free illustrations and designs for art, craft, business and educational use. Hundreds of designs scanned at 600 dpi and saved in the most popular formats for Mac[registered] and Windows[registered]. Each set contains CD-ROM and book with every image on the CD printed large for easy reference or direct use.
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