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Author: Augustus C. Pugin Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486155420 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.
Author: Augustus C. Pugin Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486155420 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 108
Book Description
This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.
Author: V. Statz Publisher: Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486452586 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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The churches and public buildings of Germany abound in architectural and decorative elements from the Middle Ages. This magnificent collection features a wide variety of authentic Gothic designs and motifs. Magnificently reproduced from a rare nineteenth-century volume, these 216 plates of striking engravings include: Columns Cornices Gargoyles Stained glass designs Ornate stonework ... and many other spectacular royalty-free images, suitable for a virtually unlimited range of art and craft uses.
Author: Joseph Halfpenny Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486445100 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 130
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These royalty-free motifs feature exquisite specimens of the sculptured ornaments from northern Europe's largest medieval cathedral. York Cathedral features soaring Gothic architecture and a vast interior, parts of which date back to the 13th century. Reproduced from a rare 18th-century volume, this compilation consists of 175 illustrations, selected from throughout the building.
Author: Rudolf Berliner Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486154165 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 82
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Beasts of myth and legend, writhing foliage, dancing symbols of fate — this spectacular compendium of 15th- and 18th-century designs features 127 black-and-white illustrations from the far corners of the imagination.
Author: Raphael Brandon Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486135926 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 178
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This comprehensive study of Gothic architecture traces the distinctively beautiful elements of Gothic style through the medieval churches of Europe. Gathered from a rare two-volume Victorian classic, over 700 meticulously rendered details and illustrations display every intricate aspect of Western culture's most magnificent ecclesiastical structures, including London's Westminster Abbey Church. The only edition of these antique architectural plates in print, this splendid book is a one-of-a-kind source of authentic Gothic design. In page after fascinating page, this rich retrospective features the finest examples of medieval masonwork, woodwork, and metalwork dating back to the thirteenth century. Explore the soaring Gothic characteristics of vaulted ceilings, arched windows, flying buttresses, pointed spires, ornamental filials, and decorative panels, plus doorways, moldings, roofing, porches, door hinges, and other elaborate architectural elements. Filled with fascinating insights into the creation of Gothic-style churches and cathedrals, this sweeping survey also provides lively observations of the medieval period.
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486990982 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 131
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Drawn from classic volumes, this design treasury abounds in gargoyles and other mythic beasts, floral designs, stained glass patterns, and other elaborate decorative elements from the medieval churches of Europe. 537 images.
Author: Karl Alexander von Heideloff Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486155641 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 206
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The decorative arts of the Middle Ages — richly ornate, filled with religious and mythic symbolism — were especially remarkable for the complexities of their design and their inspired craftsmanship. This fascinating volume presents nearly 1,000 illustrations of medieval ornament, consisting mostly of architectural elements from German Romanesque and Gothic churches and other buildings. Originally compiled by the German architect, painter, and engraver Karl Alexander von Heldeloff (1788–1865) as a source of study and inspiration for practicing artists and architects, this grand pictorial archive has been exactingly reproduced from a rare original edition, complete with new English translations of the German captions. The book is filled with precisely detailed engravings of doors, windows, decorative stonework, columns, pedestals, and more. It remains a richly varied resource of authentic images of medieval ornament, ideal for students of architecture and the decorative arts and essential for graphic artists and designers in search of royalty-free illustrations.
Author: Augustus C. Pugin
Author: Augustus C. Pugin
Author: V. Statz
Author: Joseph Halfpenny
Author: James Kellaway Colling
Author: Rudolf Berliner
Author: Augustus Pugin
Author: Raphael Brandon
Author: John W. B. Gibbs
Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Author: Karl Alexander von Heideloff