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Dinotopia The World Beneath
Автор: Gurney James Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2012 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20152015-02-16
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James Gurney's magnificent sequel to the bestselling Dinotopia returns in an anniversary hardcover edition. The World Beneath follows an intrepid band of Dinotopians — members of a society in which humans and animals peacefully coexist — as they explore a mysterious island. More than 160 full-color illustrations enhance this gripping adventure, in addition to a new Afterword and special behind-the-scenes studies.
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Alexander`s Bridge
Автор: Cather Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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Construction engineer Bartley Alexander is a troubled, middle-aged man torn between his cold American wife and an alluring mistress in London who has helped him recapture his youth and sense of freedom. A fascinating study of a man's growing awareness of the breach in his integrity, this book is essential reading for fans of this great American novelist.
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Make Your own dress patterns
Автор: Margolis Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2008 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20112012-03-18
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This profusely illustrated primer in pattern making is great for creating fashionable clothing as well as pretty necklines, pockets, and sleeves. Nationally acclaimed sewing expert Adele Margolis provides simple, step-by-step directions and more than 1,000 illustrations for making clothes for work, home, and play — everything from stylish skirts, dresses, and jackets to children's clothing.
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120 Great Art Nouveau Posters (+ CD-ROM)
Автор: Grafton Carol Belanger Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2009 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20122012-09-27
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These sophisticated images recapture the vivacity and optimism at the turn of the 20th century. Paragons of Art Nouveau style — advertising everything from cafes and bicycles to perfume — reflect the art of such masters as Toulouse-Lautrec, Cheret, Mucha, and Beardsley. You can print the images at poster size and play a stunning slideshow of the posters on your TV or computer.
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120 Great Fairy Paintings (+ CD-ROM)
Автор: Menges Jeff A. Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2006 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20092009-09-27
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Spritely revelers, gossamer-winged creatures, and fantastic goblins mingle with exquisitely rendered birds, flowers, and insects in this enchanting collection by top Victorian-era artists. Scores of delightful, full-color illustrations by Rackham, Dulac, and others for use by graphic designers, hobbyists, lovers of fine art, and devotees of fairy lore.
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120 Great Orientalist Paintings (+ DVD)
Автор: Grafton Carol Belanger Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2010 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20132013-09-27
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The European art world of the 19th century experienced a rage for Eastern exoticism. These entrancing portraits and landscapes depict the harems, marketplaces, and mosques of the Middle East and North Africa. Featured artists include Eugene Delacroix, Jean-Leon Gerome, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, and scores of other masters.
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1200 Ornamental Letters (+ CD-ROM)
Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2008 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20102010-10-11
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Ornate, bold, fanciful, lavish From Gothic characters and florid fonts to simple, elegant designs, this magnificent collection — meticulously reproduced from a rare 19th-century portfolio — offers graphic designers a dazzling choice of ornamental alphabets in color and black and white. Many feature both upper and lower cases.
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Curvilinear Designs
Автор: Phillips George Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2012 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20152014-07-24
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Originally published in the early Victorian era, this decorative tour de force marks the shift of popular taste from Neoclassicism, foreshadowing the development of Art Nouveau. An eclectic assembly of forty-seven engraved plates includes examples of Japanese and Hindustani styles as well as designs dating from the Gothic, Renaissance, and Elizabethan eras. Elaborate full-page illustrations abound in highly ornamented walls, doorways, staircases, and urns, all featuring curves that extend beyond mere circular patterns into increasingly complex ornaments. This is the only edition currently in print of a hard-to-find sourcebook. Professional and amateur designers and graphic artists will appreciate the versatility of its illustrations.
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Japanese Design: Second Series (+ CD-ROM)
Автор: Weller Alan Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2011 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20132012-06-21
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The follow-up to one of the most popular Pictura collections, this new sampling of rare and authentic sources features approximately 200 color and black-and-white images: richly decorated backgrounds, mythological figures, serpentine dragons, fearsome samurai, prancing peacocks, objets d'art, and other traditional motifs.
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Paisley Designs (+ CD-ROM)
Автор: Prakash K. Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2008 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20102010-10-11
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Exotic and enduring, paisley patterns have decorated textiles and handicrafts for thousands of years. Boasting superb reproductions in vivid color and striking black-and-white, this treasury showcases 199 resplendent examples of traditional Indian and European paisley motifs. A spiritual affinity with the natural world is apparent throughout the collection, exhibited in lush designs inspired by trees, leaves, and flowers, as well as repeating geometric motifs. Brimming with a wealth of intricate details, this very special book is a unique and valuable resource for fashion and graphics designers, textile artists, needleworkers, and other craft enthusiasts, as well as art students and historians.
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Decorative Prints for Children's Rooms
Автор: Brownd Elizabeth King Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2003 Страниц: 6 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20092005-05-26
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Charming set of 9 x 12 watercolor prints filled with whimsical scenes featuring stuffed toys in playful poses: a panda and bunny having a spot of tea, a teddy bear and kitten astride a hobby horse, a natty nautical teddy propped up against a chestful of toys, and 3 more.
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American World War I Posters: 24 Cards
Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2003 Страниц: 6 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20092005-05-26
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World War I posters used to promote the American war effort are today highly prized collectibles. This card collection reproduces 24 of those works, among them James Montgomery Flagg's classic depiction of Uncle Sam proclaiming I Want YOU for U.S. Army.
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Vermeer Paintings: 24 Art Cards
Автор: Vermeer Johannes Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2006 Страниц: 6 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20092008-05-26
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Reproductions of 24 of the 17th-century Dutch master's most luminous paintings include Girl with a Pearl Earring, View of Delft, The Love Letter, The Music Lesson, more.
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Daddy Long Legs
Автор: Webster Jean Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2002 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20092007-08-11
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The oldest at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott finds her life completely changed when, with the help of a mysterious benefactor, she is granted her wish to be able to go to college. A meeting with the rich, handsome uncle of her snobbish roommate sets Judy on the road to discovering her secret friend.
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The Jungle Book
Автор: Kipling Rudyard Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2010 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122014-03-16
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In this title, the Detmold Brothers' finest wild animal illustrations rejoined with Kipling's classic stories. This is an otherwise modest edition of the first volume of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book appeared in 1908, distinguished mainly by the inclusion of 16 breathtaking colour plates by the gifted artist twins Maurice and Edward J. Detmold. Calla's newly designed selection of the most beloved of Kipling's classic stories contains all of the Detmolds' original colour illustrations. The plates were scanned from a rare set of portfolio prints to ensure the greatest possible fidelity to the brothers' original conception for the art. This Calla Editions Original is based on the edition published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1908.
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Song of Hiawatha
Автор: Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2006 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20082008-07-11
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America's most popular nineteenth-century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow devoted himself to providing his country with a national mythology, poetic tradition and epic forms. Known and loved by generations of schoolchildren for its evocative storytelling, his 1855 classic is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature, combining romance and idealism in an idyllic setting.
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Classic Mystery Stories
Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 1999 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20092001-07-24
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A tribute to the first great age of fictional sleuthing, this delightful collection of 13 mystery classics is devoted to the genuine tale of ratiocination. Included among these gems, written between 1841 and 1920, are Edgar Alan Poe's The murder in the Rue Morgue, widely acknowledged as that detective story; Charles Dickens' The Detective Anecdotes. in which a policeman is the detective-hero Jack London's The Leopard Man's Story, featuring an unusually grisly gut thoroughly plausible murder method; The Phantom Motor, by Jacques Furtrelle; as well as tales by Wilkie Collins, Gelett Burgeess, Susan Galspell, E. C. Bentley, Rodrigues Ottelengui, Barones Orczy, Samuel Hopkines Adams, Melville Davisson Post, and H. C. Bailey. Douglas G. Greene, a widely recognized authority in the field of mystery fiction, provides an introduction and informative notes for stories.
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Complete Poems
Автор: Marlowe Christopher Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 2003 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20092008-08-21
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This complete collection of Marlowe's poetry includes his translations of Ovid's Elegies and the First Book from Lucan's Civil Hero. The celebrated Hero and Leander, left unfinished at Marlowe's death, is also featured (the poem was later completed by George Chapman), as is the poet's most famous creation, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.
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Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales
Автор: Jacobs Joseph Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 1995 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20091996-12-20
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For young and old alike — 8 captivating tales filled with whimsy, charm, and magic: The Fate of the Children of Lir, The Shepherd of Middvai, Beth Gellert, The Tale of Ivan, Morraha, The Story of Deirdre, The Llanfabon Changeling, and The Sea-Maiden. Reset in large, easy-to-read type.
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Favorite Greek Myths
Автор: Blaisdell Bob Жанр: Dover Publications Издательство: Dover Publications Год: 1996 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20091998-10-21
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Exciting collection invites youngsters to relive the adventures, calamities, and conquests of fascinating characters created by Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles and other ancient storytellers. Includes imaginative tales of Pandora's box, King Midas and his golden touch, the dreaded Cyclops, Hades and Persephone, Narcissus and Echo, and many more.
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