Handbook of Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Other plates show decorated pottery vases, religious utensils, weapons, furniture, lamps, jewelry, and other artifacts, in addition to heraldic motifs and ornamental letters.. Republished unabridged from the final comprehensive edition, this work contains the largest single-volume collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. It reproduces material from Greek and Roman, medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, baroque, and early nineteenth-century art, architecture, and design — in all, presenting artists, crafters, and students with more than 3,000 designs.Featured design elements include networks, Gothic tracery, geometric designs, akanthos leaves, lotus ornamentation, animal ornamentation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals, link borders, cresting borders, finials, crockets, gargoyles, foliations, panels, repeated ornaments, and hund

Excellent! MikeT Excellent book on historical decoration and ornamentation. The author also gives a very detailed and analytical explanation of how to physically produce an infinite number of geometric designs based on his historical examples! This is exactly what I was looking for to create new/old designs for my engraving! Part of this book could very possibly be considered as an actual textbook on geometric design. Since the last update from the author was in 1892, the newest fashions are not quite up to date but the quality of the text and illustrations yields time well spent in the pursuit of this valuable,. Too small! Freddo-c The content of this book is incredible. Perfect for a designer like me to learn how to make my own ornamental designs. But it also has an incredible array of line drawings of detailing found from around the world. The focus is on variety of styles rather than too many that look very similar. Realistic lions alongside flat stylized ones with wings etc.My first impression though was that it is too small!!! If I had picked this book up at a store I would have put it back and looked for a bigger alternative. I have forgotten to check the size on a few of my purchases and been disappointed.This book . Four Stars xiaowenwang useful

From the Back CoverRepublished unabridged from the final comprehensive edition, this work contains the largest single-volume collection of classical art motifs ever compiled. Other plates show decorated pottery vases, religious utensils, weapons, furniture, lamps, jewelry, and other artifacts, in addition to heraldic motifs and ornamental letters.. It reproduces material from Greek and Roman, medieval European, Islamic, Renaissance, baroque, and early nineteenth-century art, architecture, and design—in all, presenting artists, crafters, and students with more than 3,000 designs.Featured design elements include networks, Gothic tracery, geometric designs, akanthos leaves, lotus ornamentation, animal ornamentation, grotesque figures, fret bands, chains, interlacements, rosettes, undulations, spirals,