Persian Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftsmen

Author: Ali Dowlatshahi
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486146804
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Outstanding collection of 400 motifs: floral designs, geometrics, arabesques, mythical creatures, rosettes, paisley patterns, palmettes, medallions, border and marginal decorations, scrolls, curves, and hunting scenes.

Traditional Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Madeleine Orban-Szontagh
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048613976X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Superb treasury of 319 royalty-free designs skillfully rendered from French, English, German, Swiss, and Russian textiles of 18th and 19th centuries. Profusion of flowers, leaves, sprays, branches, fruits, and birds.

Authentic Turkish Designs

Author: Azade Akar
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486272117
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Plant and animal motifs, chain patterns, geometrical and symbolic motifs, architectural forms, stylized suns and moons, rosettes and borders, calligraphic lettering and Turkish adaptations of rococo — all derived from authentic sources — are among the many types of design illustrated in clear, easily reproducible images. 264 black-and-white illustrations:

Arabic Art in Color

Author: Prisse d’Avennes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155358
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Here are 141 designs and motifs in authentic full color from classic 19th-century work by noted French historian — a visual vocabulary of Islamic decorative art.

Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design

Author: J. Bourgoin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155315
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Nearly 200 examples exhibit the wide range of Islamic art, including hexagon and octagon designs, combinations of stars and rosettes, and many variations on other geometric patterns. Twenty-eight examples from traditional sources in Cairo and Damascus include sanctuary doors, openwork windows, and inlaid marble pavements and ceilings.

Computer Geometric Art

Author: Ian O. Angell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486248550
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Forty-six striking geometric lattice designs drawn by a computer using sets of lines and arcs based on beautiful, centuries-old patterns. Crisp black-and-white illustrations can be used singly or in handsome combinations. Suitable for a myriad of creative applications. Introduction.

A Treasury of Design for Artists and Craftsmen

Author: Gregory Mirow
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140881
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Contemporary adaptations of beautiful, traditional decoration, patterns: Art Nouveau, paisleys, op art, plaids, stripes, geometrics, snowflakes, Mexican, Scandinavian, African, Persian, masks, and more. 104 plates, 4 in color.

Practical Geometric Pattern Design

Author: Mirosław Majewski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
This book is third in a series of textbooks on geometric pattern design used at the Istanbul Design Center. It is intended as a tutorial book for 30 hours basic course on geometric patterns in Islamic arts. The content of this book covers some major areas of geometric pattern design. In chapter 2 we discuss how one can approach a complex geometric pattern. It is the most important part in understanding the general structure of any pattern. In chapter 3 we discuss and experiment with patterns built on triangular grids and square grids. This is the simplest group of geometric patterns and usually neglected. In chapters 4 and 5 we deal with 6 and 12 fold patterns. These are the patterns with local symmetries D6 and D12. Usually, we refer to them as hexagonal and dodecagonal patterns. In chapters 6 and 7 we discuss octagonal patterns. Here we also briefly discuss differences between eastern (Central Asia and India) and western octagonal patterns (Morocco and Spain). Finally, in chapter 8 we discuss briefly decagonal patterns, i.e. patterns with D10 local symmetries. More about decagonal patterns readers can find in two other books published by Istanbul Design Publishing in 2019.

Heraldry for Designers and Craftspeople

Author: W. H. St. John Hope
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404752
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
Copiously illustrated work depicts splendid array of 13th-16th-century heraldic motifs, drawn from numerous sources and encompassing various media. 8 color plates. Over 250 black-and-white illustrations.

A Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present

Author: Fridolf Johnson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234854
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Collection of 761 miniature works of art representing 500 years of the bookplate from the first known example -- ca. 1450 -- to a wide range of fascinating 20th-century designs. Introduction.