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This comprehensive volume contains all the essentials for creating ads with a retro look and feel. Drawn from typographic sourcebooks as well as sign-painting manuals of the early 20th century, the contents include a wealth of borders, frames, images, and typographic elements for re-creating authentic styles of the 1890s–1920s.
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This singular collection displays pairs of letters, transforming ornamental initials into Art Nouveau masterpieces. Undulating lines, sensuous curves, writhing vines, and tendrils of leafy flora decorate every two-character combination, from A to Z. Featuring 990 imaginative illustrations, this treasury is perfect for tracing and copying. The marvelous monograms will also be enjoyed for their fine aesthetic beauty, and are sure to provide a wealth...
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This rich array of exquisite designs includes all the most popular Japanese motifs. Ferocious dragons with scaly skins, cranes with wide-spread wings, as well as tigers, phoenixes, and peacocks abound; so do lush peonies and many other flowers, plants, and animal designs. Geometric, abstract, and allover patterns are also included. More than 130 dazzling, royalty-free images -- reproduced from rare nineteenth-century portfolios -- are ideal for direct...
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The lofty painted ceilings of Europe's palaces and churches rank among the greatest treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. This unique assemblage features brilliant full-color reproductions of some of the finest examples of such art. Drawn from two rare French and German portfolios of the nineteenth century, this unique volume re-creates more than 60 magnificent ceilings from Parisian drawing rooms, German castles, and Italian galleries. Richly...
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Although often regarded as simple folk craft, paper cutouts constitute one of the foundations of Chinese art. This bold assortment features an original selection of 125 rare black-and-white cuts. Consisting exclusively of animal motifs, it offers unusual renderings, including fish, dragons, butterflies, horses, cranes, and other creatures. Artists, illustrators, designers, and crafters will find a virtually unlimited number of uses for these royalty-free...
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The timeless beauty of elegant floral designs has made them prime favorites among artists and craftspeople. This rich harvest of blossoms, vines, and other floral decorations has an unlimited variety of applications, allowing them to serve equally well as individual motifs or as running borders. More than 300 delicately rendered motifs, all reproduced from a rare nineteenth-century catalog, feature a profusion of sprays, branches, and clusters. Commercial...
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The delicate beauty of the kimono and its appealing designs embody Japan's ancient and venerable tradition of textile arts. This unusual design treasury recaptures the graceful art of the kimono in all its subtle elegance, with authentic designs from a nineteenth-century source. Reproduced directly from a rare and costly original portfolio, these luminous designs include all over patterns, nature scenes, magnificent floral sprays, and other finely...
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“The Best of News Design” 35th Edition, the latest edition in Rockport's highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design's 2014 competition. Bold, full-color layouts feature the best-of-the-best in news, features, portfolios, visuals, and more, and each entry is accompanied by insightful commentary on the elements that made the piece a standout winner. Every industry professional aspires to one day see his...
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850 images for use by graphic artists, craftspeople, and other hobbyists depict a wide selection of attractive, nature-related subjects: animals of all types, including fish, amphibians and dinosaurs; exotic birds, waterfowl and other avian species; roses, wildflowers and much more.