Universally admired, Benedictus flavored his designs with Art Nouveau touches and an adventurous abstionism. Reproduced directly from three of his hig......
Detailed, accurate renderings of lilies, violets, orchids, dogwood, and other floral varieties — shown individually, framed, and in sprays. A versatil......
This world-famous series of neoclassical illustrations, carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, depicts everything from headdresses and sand......
Renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism, biologist- philosopher Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) advocated the continuity of al......
This collection offers a variety of church and concert works for the organ and includes French, Italian, English, Belgian, German, and American music ......
Stunning graphics, selected from a great 18th-century classic of natural history, accurately depict nearly 500 authentic winged beauties. Ideal for sc......
From a rare volume on the history of playing cards: nearly 500 elegant illustrations that once graced European regular and tarot card decks. On displa......
Unrivaled collection of exquisite images, adapted from authentic sources, documents the elegance of centuries-old Arabic designs, with florals from an......
197 black-and-white illustrations selected from ancient pottery, mosaics, and other authentic sources include details from fresco paintings, jewelry p......
Finely detailed designs, selected from some of Verneuil's best-known collections, feature graceful images of garden flowers, reeds, and blossoming tre......
Among the most attractive of decorative ornaments, beautifully engraved and drawn ribbons, banners, and scrolls are also the most useful. The handsome......
Over 200 authentic illustrations metic—ulously reproduced from vintage seedp ackets--will tempt garden lovers and nos．talgia enthusiasts with their b......
本书以生动有趣的故事再现了璀璨的世界绘画艺术。79幅名画背后的精彩故事都独立成篇，却又通过时间，国度，流派的线索连缀起来，因而共同完成了一副世界绘画史的速写，清晰地呈现出世界绘画艺术发展的脉络。在编写中，围绕名画，讲述了画面的内涵，画家的生平，绘画风格，创作经历，名画的流传等故事，并通过多种设计元素......
This classic collection of photographs documents the best of New York City's memorial murals, which were painted for the victims of tragic and untimel......
Much or today's most exuberant,most creative and most telling imagery is all aroud us ,in the street,Nowhere is the visual cornucopia imaer vibrantly ......
Street graphics have become the visual language of cities.Signs and symbols instruct,inform,portray concerns,and express aspirations.Culturally specif......
本书探索了四位建筑师，在他们的作品中技艺的适当表达与触摸感相互结合，并被提炼到无法超越的程度，是当代建筑潮流中很重要的一支。虽然这四位建筑师——大卫?齐佩菲尔德（伦敦），Waro Kishi(京都），埃杜阿多?莫拉（里斯本），托德?威廉姆斯和比利?奇恩（纽约）——来自不同的文化背景，但是他们的建筑都......
这本Henri Cartier-Bresson的新作品集可谓对一生成就的最终回顾。既充满了那些已经成为媒体图标的经典摄影作品，也有一些在他创作生涯中极其少见的作品，包括数量可观的先前从未公开过的照片，以及大量的素描、油画和电影剧照。这本书还有一个特色，就是有很多Cartier-Bresson年轻时候......
随着形式主义作为一种趋势逐渐回归建筑，一些实践者开始探索建构表达的外围边界。本书介绍了四位实践家的作品，他们把诗意般的建造推到新的极限。恩里克?米拉尔斯（巴塞罗那），Günther Behnisch(斯图加特），米卡努（代夫特），以及Patkau Architects(北美洲的范库弗峰），这四位实践......
