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Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament: A Pictorial Archive of 577 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive)
£9.70£11.90 (-18%)
577 authentic Art Nouveau designs specially selected for artists and designers. Ranging in size from full-page illustrations to borders, headpieces, tailpieces, and initials; all clearly reproduced in black-and-white line. Designs include: florals, landscapes, figures, etc. from artists such as Klimt, Bradley, Auriol, Larcombe, and many more.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc, Illustrated edition (1 Feb. 2000) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 144 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0486240010 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0486240015 |
| Dimensions | 21 x 1 x 28 cm |
by ISCA
Useful for designing and taking copies from. From the same series as “printers ornaments” excellent line drawn black and white drawings.
by simon
It’s ok
by Lisa Brown
A lot of good images that can be used as templates. Really pleased with it and am sure it will soon be well thumbed with use. My Father-in-Law was even impressed with it an may be borrowing it for designs for his leather crafting.
by wooders
not quite what I expected.
by JJ
I would say that this is mainly a great book for designers due to the artwork solely being of black and white content, and also being quite abstract. The decorative panel borders that surround the paintings, or the unique art nouveau style lettering comes to mind when I refer to the abstract feeling of the designs on offer.
I’ve found it especially helpful as an aide in working on my own ideas and designs, especially on my current project of redesigning certain elements of my local town of Bushmills through the Brighter Bushmills Group. With over 577 different illustrations, there’s certainly a lot to inspire the designer and art lover alike. It’s also a great book for finding out about new artists that you may not have been familiar with. For me, Fred H Ball comes to mind. I felt that his style was very similar to Mucha’s, especially the menu designs for restaurants.
It’s probably possible to trace these designs, I have not done so personally, to add something art nouveau to your projects, be they for school, or for something more professional, but I am of the belief that really if one were to incorporate some of the design elements into their own work, it would be more advisable to scan in the particular design, print it out at a reasonable size suitable to you and work on it through using a lightbox. Why you may ask? The book is, at a glance anyway, roughly about A4 in size (or 8.5 x 11 inches) but there are virtually no full page designs. Instead you are more like to find anywhere between 4 and 8 designs to a page, so the images are small in that sense.
I can’t recommend the book enough to you if you’re a lover of art nouveau and plan to use that style in your work, because it’s a great source of inspiration, especially in times when the old brain just can’t get into gear at the start of the artistic work day.
by MRS C D BUTLER
Love the book.
by Borg-Drone1
Great pictures but ran very slow the made the kindle hd app crash every time.
Returned for refund as un-usable on my HD Kindle.
by Leslie Ann Portlock
Very informative.