Capture the spirit of African design with this stunning resource of 287 color and black-and-white designs featuring the familiar — birds, animals, and faces — along with the abstract: vigorous lines, bold geometrics, colorful patterns. Selected from a vast archive of rare artwork, these images are reproduced according to the highest standards. Dover Original.
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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.
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.
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.
Costume and Fashion by Alan Weller From Native American rituals to the court of Versailles, this fashion archive presents finery from around the world. Focusing chiefly on Western styles, it spans centuries of attire from every walk of life.
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.
922 Decorative Vector Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Carol Belanger Grafton This collection features 922 versatile Vector-based borders, cartouches, scrolls, and spot illustrations, derived from many sources, including Greek vases, Byzantine mosaics, German wood carvings and ironwork, and Persian tiles.
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.
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!
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.
