Auguste Racinet: The World of Ornament (25) |  | Author: David Batterham
Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 108,393
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/Pas Mu
Pages: 528
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.6
Dimensions (in): 15.6 x 10.6 x 2.3
ISBN: 383651026X
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9783836510264
ASIN: 383651026X
Publication Date: October 1, 2009
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Product Description
The most beautiful patterns in all of history - all available on image database
Imagine having an opulent compilation of history's most elegant and beautiful patterns and designs at your fingertips - to use, peruse, admire, and be inspired by. World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875/1888) and M. Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877). Adapted from historical items dating back to antiquity, such as jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural aesthetics including classic Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan motifs, Asian and middle-Eastern patterns, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century.
Artists, historians, and art lovers will appreciate this lavish idea book, and interior designers and patternmakers will be delighted that all of the ornamental designs may be used and reproduced without restriction!
Includes exclusive access to image database: high-resolution images of all individual ornaments downloadable for unrestricted use!
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God bless Taschen December 3, 2009
Artsy Studio (Florida)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a stunning book! beautifully designed, so much info! so many pictures! this one and Arabesques are my most cherished books, I want to touch it with gloves!
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