| Trompe L'Oeil Panels and Panoramas: Decorative Images for Artists & Architects [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Guegan, Yannick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393730905 ISBN-13: 9780393730906 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $76.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: From the Coauthor of the popular Handbook of Painted Decoration comes an advanced exploration of expert trompe l'oeil art and technique. Following the designs and step-by-step illustrations of an award-winning French decorative painter, interior designers and decorators will learn how to refine their skills as well as build new techniques to expand their repertoire. The book provides numerous designs that can be duplicated, as well as inspiration for designers to fashion their own creations. Covering a wide range of subject matter, from monumental landscapes to ornamental friezes, Yannick Guegan demonstrates the execution of elegant wood, marble, natural, and figurative motifs for decorative panels and panoramic murals. He integrates fine French methods and traditions -- such as the incorporation of classical capitals and temples -- with contemporary style and innovation, depicting each step from first sketch to finished product in full color. This is an excellent instruction manual as well as reference tool for anyone working in interior design and decoration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Painting - Architecture | Decoration & Ornament |
| Dewey: 751.73 |
| LCCN: 2002033751 |
| Series: Norton Book for Architects and Designers (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 9.36" W x 12.44" (4.20 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trompe L'Oeil Panels and Panoramas is a treasury of stunning designs ideal for interior designers and their clients, artists seeking inspiration, or for those simply wishing to copy the images themselves, as the author invites readers to do. (A CD-ROM containing the designs is included for easy transfer and resizing of the designs.) Step-by-step sketches and carefully selected details of the finished pieces provide an effective demonstration tool, allowing artists to both refine their skills and acquire new techniques to enhance their repertoire. In compositions encompassing classical and fantasy landscape and architecture as well as flora, fauna, and the human figure, Guégan demonstrates the successful execution of elegant wood, marble, drapery, and natural and figurative motifs, for decorative panels and panoramic murals. Through the thoughtful integration of fine French methods and traditions with contemporary style and innovation, Trompe L'Oeil Panels and Panoramas is an ideal instruction manual and a useful reference tool for anyone working in interior design and decoration. CD-ROM includes easy-to-use screen-resolution TIFF files of every trompe-l'oeil painting. |
Contributor Bio(s): Guegan, Yannick: - Yannick Guégan author of the chapters on marble, wood, friezes and ornaments, and drapery in The Handbook of Painted Decoration (Norton), is an expert decorative painter and lacquerer who has practiced his trade for almost forty years. In 1982 he was awarded the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France for decorative painting and trompe l'oeil, the highest French distinction in the trade. He is the founder of the Institute Guégan at Mesquer-Quimiac in Brittany, where he teaches the techniques of decorative painting to students from around the world. |
