Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament

Book Overview

Ornament is the essence of Art Nouveau. Throughout their two decades of dominance, Art Nouveau artists concentrated on the ornamental and decorative potential of the flowing line in painting, printing, wallpaper, and all other fine and applied arts. Hundreds of thousands of carefully wrought designs embellished books, bookplates, furniture, and appliances. A fashionable home was a garden of graphic florals, petals, leaves, and stems.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486240010
• ISBN13: 9780486240015
• Release Date: September 1980
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful designs

The pictures in this book are a huge source of inspiration. The clear, black and white illustrations lend themselves well to be photocopied. I love the fact that the pictures are free to reproduce. One of the designs was so pretty that I now have a tattoo of it. Now if that's not appreciation of the design, I don't know what is.