 Chinese Design
by Dover
Striking compendium culled directly from rare sources: animals, birds, fish, abstracts, patterns — 200 in both full-color and black-and-white — in a remarkable diversity of styles, elegantly simple to intricately complex.
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by Alan Weller
Beautifully designed compendium spans the entire range of Asian art and culture. Included are 256 designs, patterns, and decorative motifs from China, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Tibet, and other Asian countries.
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 African Design
by Dover
Capture the spirit of African design with this stunning resource of 287 color and black-and-white designs featuring familiar imagery — birds, animals, and faces — as well as abstracts — lines, geometrics, and patterns.
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| |  Victorian Vector Designs
by Alan Weller
Lavishly detailed and embellished with floral motifs, interlocking vines, or mythical figures, this selection of authentic Victorian-era illustrations offers 200 Vector-based designs. Features a marvelous mix of banners, borders, scrollwork, frames, and more.
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 Angels
by Alan Weller
Artists, designers, and their audiences share an endless fascination with angels and celestial imagery. This heavenly collection encompasses both famous and lesser-known works of art from an impressive variety of eras and cultures.
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by Alan Weller
This superb treasury of 208 stylized Chinese motifs includes fierce dragons and lions, elegant cranes and peacocks, cherry blossom branches, flower-bearing maidens, ancient symbols, and other Vector-based designs.
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 Floral Vector Designs
by Alan Weller
Bouquets of chrysanthemums, roses, poppies, and cherry blossoms, plus an assortment of fantasy flowers — this spectacular array of 200 Vector-based floral illustrations will be a perennial inspiration for artists.
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 Classic Stained Glass Vector Designs
by Alan Weller
This treasury of over 200 stained glass images includes styles that encompass everything from geometrics to florals, many based on actual Tiffany designs. Vector-based for clear enlargements, these illustrations can be transformed into eye-catching windows and mirrors.
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| |  Tattoo Art
by Alan Weller
How far will people go to decorate their bodies? This dazzling array of tattoos provides 200 high-quality illustrations that showcase the ornamental art form and represent authentic styles — from Japanese and Polynesian to Tribal and Mehndi.
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 Christian Art and Imagery
by Alan Weller
From the greatest works of Eastern and Western art comes this breathtaking collection. Its 200 color and 13 black-and-white illustrations include paintings by Raphael and Van Eyck, plus mosaic and stained glass imagery.
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by Alan Weller
At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau design blossomed with undulating patterns of luxurious swirls, curves, and highly stylized images. This collection of 203 Vector-based illustrations beautifully captures the period.
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 Greek and Roman Mythology
by Alan Weller
This unique collection recaptures the glory of the Olympian gods and the exploits of divine and mortal heroes. Based on classical Greco-Roman art, it features book illustrations, line drawings, and paintings.
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| |  Japanese Vector Designs
by Dover, Alan Weller
From fierce dragons and bold samurai to dainty flowers and doll-like geishas, this collection abounds in authentic Japanese art. Includes over 200 Vector-based images, an original design gallery, and a complete tutorial section.
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 Celtic Vector Designs
by Alan Weller
A celebration of the ever-popular Celtic visual arts, this design anthology offers over 260 Vector-based interpretations of all the traditional motifs — interlacing patterns, intricate knotwork, and imaginative animal forms.
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| |  Pre-Columbian Design
by Alan Weller
This remarkable design treasury presents a variety of color and black-and-white images from Maya, Aztec, Olmec, Mixtec, Zapotec, and other cultures, from bold geometric designs to startling hieroglyphs of human sacrifice!
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 Insects
by Alan Weller
This intriguing treasury of 211 images celebrates the amazing variety of insects with patterns, ornamental motifs, and natural renderings in styles ranging from 17th-century drawings to Art Nouveau motifs.
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| |  Label Art
by Alan Weller
This unique collection of over 200 designs, reproduced from rare original materials, is a lively, multi-use gallery of fruits, flowers, beautiful women, historic figures, animals, and more.
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| |  Designs from India
by Dover
Reflecting centuries of design from traditional crafts and textiles, 279 resplendent images will leave artists and designers breathless. A luminous color collection.
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 Flowers
by Dover
This gorgeous collection features 208 blossoms and bouquets, hand-picked from rare sources. Full-color images provide a rich resource, spanning many periods and styles.
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| |  Tile Designs
by Dover
This unique collection offers 287 color patterns of timeless beauty, including fine florals, striking geometrics, and other motifs.
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 Renaissance Design
by Dover
This handsome design anthology displays the extraordinary richness and diversity that made the Renaissance a high point in Western art and culture. Includes patterns, borders, motifs, and details from paintings.
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| |  Native American Design
by Dover
Collected from rare and authentic sources, nearly 500 stunning color and black-and-white illustrations celebrate traditional Native American art. Discover magical designs used to decorate clothing, ceremonial masks, jewelry, blankets, utensils, and more.
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 Medieval Design
by Dover
Museum-quality illustrations from the Middle Ages, gathered from rare sources. Discover intricate designs, bold line art, stoic figure drawings, and reproductions from medieval frescoes, mosaics, metalwork, and carvings. 263 full-color and 26 black-and-white images.
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| |  Borders and Frames
by Dover
Elaborate strands of flowers, dramatic Art Deco designs, ethereal rings of angels — this affordable volume offers endless inspiration to professional and amateur artists alike with more than 200 color and black-and-white designs.
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 Ancient Egyptian Design
by Dover
Culled from rare and authentic sources, more than 270 color and black-and-white illustrations include gods and goddesses, animals, priests, and dancers — plus stunning geometric designs, hieroglyphics, and more.
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 Celtic Design
by Dover
Superb collection of more than 200 authentic color and black-and-white Celtic designs from rare 7th- and 8th-century manuscripts: Gospel figures, beasts, lettering, knot work, and interlaced designs.
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| |  Art Deco Design
by Dover
Dazzling collection of the best of Art Deco: florals, allover patterns, animal and plant motifs, geometrics, ads, fashion spots. More than 200 color and black-and-white designs offer numerous uses.
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 Butterflies
by Dover
The butterflies in this collection have been gathered from rare and unusual sources. This treasury of 230 realistic and decorative images include single designs, combinations, allover patterns, motifs, and more.
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| |  Sea Life
by Dover
From seashells to a giant jelly fish — this stunning array of images includes great fish and small, real and fanciful. Over 280 full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
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 Japanese Design
by Dover
Superb collection of authentic Japanese art and design reproduced directly from rare and costly sources includes birds, florals, animals, fish, crests, geometric designs, and patterns. Over 260 color and black-and-white illustrations.
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| |  Victorian Design
by Dover
Lavish examples of Victorian design include florals, borders, patterns, and decorative motifs — all reproduced directly from authentic 19th-century sources. 226 full-color and 113 black-and-white designs.
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 Japanese Kimono Designs
by Shôjirô Nomura, Tsutomu Ema
This unique design treasury, consisting of lavish full-color pictures of a vibrant array of kimonos, is reproduced directly from two rare and costly original portfolios.
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| |  Mammals
by Dover
The 245 striking black-and-white illustrations of animals, including creatures large and small — from a grizzly bear to a mouse — have been culled from rare 17th- through 19th-century sources.
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 Islamic Design
by Dover
This treasury of 201 color and 12 black-and-white illustrations display all the beauty and intricacy of Islamic art, including exquisite patterns, borders, and motifs comprised of geometrics, florals, and attractive repeating patterns.
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| |  Floral Design
by Dover
Selected from many rare and costly sources, these 286 color and 32 black-and-white images range in style from 18th-century botanical to early-20th-century Art Nouveau, depicting flowers, plants, tendrils, blossoms, and leaves.
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 Letters & Alphabets
by Dover
Selected from dozens of rare sources, these 484 black-and-white and 150 color illustrations display the infinite ingenuity of designers in embellishing letters of the alphabet with florals, animals, figures, abstracts, and other motifs.
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| |  Art Nouveau
by Dover
Reproduced from rare original sources, these 266 color and 11 black-and-white illustrations represent the most popular Art Nouveau motifs, among them graceful female figures, flowing florals, bird and animal designs, abstracts, and repeating patterns.
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 80 Godey’s Full-Color Fashion Plates: 1838–1880
by JoAnne Olian
Superb, meticulously reproduced illustrations from rare source provide authentic views of Victorian dresses, gowns, coats, accessories. A must for costume designers, cultural historians, fashion enthusiasts. Introduction. Captions.
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by Braun & Schneider
Over 1,450 costumed figures in clearly detailed engravings — from the dawn of civilization to the end of the 19th century. Features many folk costumes. Captions.
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 Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper’s Bazar, 1867-1898
by Stella Blum
Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. "An endlessly entertaining book." — Theatre Design and Technology.
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