Carol Belanger Grafton
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Comprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black-and-white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth-century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, and Crispin van de Pass' Hortus Floridus....
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The Nuremberg Chronicle, a 1493 history of the world, contains some of the most beautiful woodcuts ever designed. This splendid selection depicts 91 locales - Athens, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Jerusalem, Venice, Prague, Munich, Nuremberg, Florence, and many others, plus 143 illustrations of figures and decorative objects. 194 royalty-free black-and-white illustrations.
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Handsome collection of 358 vignettes depicting Victorian-era youngsters singly and in pairs, outfitted in knee pants, high-top boots and ruffled dresses; carrying flowers and baskets of fruit, playing croquet and other games, cuddling animals, and much more. Splendid sourcebook for hobbyists; engaging royalty-free images for artists and designers.
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Detailed illustrations and photographs of over 300 exquisite lace samples and designs created over past 500 years. Delicate masterpieces depict human and mythical figures, filigree designs of hearts and flowers, beautiful floral and foliate motifs, and more. Royalty-free designs from elegant borders, edgings, collars, doilies, much else.
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Over 350 handsome designs - selected from such rare Victorian-era magazines as The Art Journal, and The British Printer - depict lovely floral and foliated motifs as decorative embellishments on a saucer and teacup, on picture frames and wall sconces, as flowing patterns that lend themselves well for use as frames and borders.
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This volume offers an impressive sampling of life drawings by 45 of the art world's greatest masters. From Albrecht Dürer's 15th-century brush-and-ink drawing of Female Nude, Seen from the Back and Modigliani's mixed media presentation of Caryatid to splendid drawings by Raphael, Rubens, van Dyck, Hogarth, Constable, Ingres, Gauguin, Matisse, and 35 other outstanding artists, these carefully selected plates display the varying styles and traditions...
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From Rembrandt's monumental elephant and Toulouse-Lautrec's prancing circus steed to Rubens' masterly brush-and-ink study of a lion, this unique collection portrays all manner of creatures from the animal kingdom. More than 100 royalty-free illustrations - 17 in color - include magnificent works by: Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Anthony van Dyck, Francisco Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Diego Velazquez, Fra Bartolommeo, Katsushika...
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More than 300 dazzling illustrations of dowagers and debutantes, soldiers and sailors, mandarins and Indians, and gentlemen of every description sporting top hats, powdered wigs, and other regalia. Royalty-free images will add appealing old-time flavor to art and craft projects and graphic assignments. Ideal as well for use in scrapbooks and memory albums.
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Over 300 superbly engraved images of nature's lovely offerings: dainty sprays of roses, poppies, daisies, forget-me-nots, and other blooms; as well as branches heavily laden with apples, peaches, plums, grapes, pears and more fruit. An affordable collection of royalty-free illustrations for immediate use in art and craft projects.
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Superb examples of the ironworker's art - elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, signs, marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative appointments, from Gothic style to Art Nouveau - meticulously rendered in fine black-and-white drawings reprinted from rare European and American books and periodicals.
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Thousands of royalty-free images of quaint 19th-century items: fans, corsets, toiletry kits, sewing machine, meat grinder, ice cream freezer, typewriter, camera, lantern, carpet sweeper, high-topped "storm" slippers and much more - all arranged according to category. A fascinating, inexhaustible supply of design inspiration.
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A virtually inexhaustible supply of royalty-free graphics of timeless appeal, reproduced from a turn-of-the-century French type foundry catalog, ideal for a wide range of art and craft projects. Subjects range from food and drink to vehicles and machines to sports and music. The style ranges from realism to Art Nouveau.
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Charming collection of 12 full-page and 24 half-page frames features colorful collages of flowers, cherubs, butterflies, heart-felt messages, and more. Compiled from rare Victorian-era materials, the lovely royalty-free borders will add a special old-time touch to assorted graphics projects, but will also be ideal for accenting photos and other collectibles.
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Rich compendium of capital letters selected from venerable British humor magazine. Astonishing wit, invention, draughtsmanship in letters drawn by Tenniel, Leech, Sambourne, Doyle, other Victorian masters. Historic calligraphy; topical, political, literary allusions; animals, plants, many other motifs. All copyright-free. Inexhaustible graphic inspiration.
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This excellent volume presents a dazzling assortment of copyright-free, full-color allover patterns. Carefully selected for their eye-catching appeal and suitability for practical use, the 361 patterns in this volume offer artists, designers, and craftspeople an extensive and convenient archive of colorful patterns for use in a virtually unlimited number of projects. Ranging from 15th- through 20th-century sources, the collection encompasses a rich...
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Over 850 versatile illustrations from rare sources depict engaging moppets playing with toys, dolls, and pets; riding bicycles, playing tennis and baseball, reading, sleeping, engaged in activities with other children, and in many other settings and situations. Appealing vignettes of bygone times for artists, designers, and craftworkers.
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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. Today, Art Nouveau...
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