| 300 Art Nouveau Designs and Motifs in Full Color Contributor(s): Grafton, Carol Belanger (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486243540 ISBN-13: 9780486243542 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1983 Annotation: Selection of beautiful Art Nouveau designs from the "Dekorative Vorbilder," an extremely rare early 20th-century stylebook. 44 full-page, full-color plates display the sensual lines and muted colors typical of Art Nouveau in a variety of ways -- in frames, borders, panels, cartouches, head-and tailpieces and dingbats. All permission-free. On coated stock. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Clip Art - Design | Decorative Arts |
| Dewey: 745.444 |
| LCCN: 82009435 |
| Series: Dover Pictorial Archive |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 10.8" (0.45 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Art Nouveau is characterized by its love affair with lavish design: sheer sensuality of line and delicate interplay of color are the hallmarks of this popular style which dominated the art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. More than a century later, Art Nouveau still retains its unique appeal, claiming a remarkable resurgence in popularity. Here is a nearly limitless royalty-free sourcebook of authentic Art Nouveau design inspiration. Three hundred designs and motifs have been carefully selected for their ageless ornamental attractiveness from the Dekorative Vorbilder, an extremely rare early-20th-century stylebook, by noted artist and designer Carol Belanger Grafton. She has chosen 44 full-page plates, featuring virtually every decorative element including borders, panels, scrolls, cartouches, frames, head-and-tailpieces and dingbats. Each is reproduced in full color ― soft blues, muted olives, subtle lavenders, salmon pinks, and pearly grays. An extensive range of motifs are represented ― tangled ivy vines and voluptuous floral sprays of tulips and lilies; Piscean fish, parrots and peacocks; panels of geometric expression and window panes; and sultry women with flowing tresses. Amid the swirling splendor of Art Nouveau design offered in this handy, affordable volume there is a royalty-free illustration perfect for every design need. |