Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archives)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486243621 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)
Excellent J. Swan This book is a treasure trove of patterns and ideas. I am an advanced stained glass artist, and these designs have opened the doors to a whole set of new design thoughts!By themselves, the designs, even though some date to the 1860's, seem fresh and modern. The patterns are softly colored, and by just changing the colors, a whole new window appears.If you are at all attracted to creating stained glass, by all means, pick up this book!. "Five Stars" according to johnny boy 2. very nice window designs.. Matthew A. Richardson said Beautiful patterns. A very nice book of art nouveau patternsmany of the patterns are large/complicated, but it does have some patterns that are doable for less experienced crafters. The only flaw in the book is that it doesn't have black/white images to accompany the full-color images, which means you'll have to scan it into Photoshop and fuss with it a bit to get a simple/crisp printable pattern.
Its organic, curvilinear designs influenced painting, architecture, and sculpture, but it was in the decorative arts that Art Nouveau made its most lasting impression.Perhaps the most delightful expression of Art Nouveau's application to the decorative arts can be seen in the delicately colored stained glass designs of the period. Art Nouveau was the dominant art style in both Europe and America at the turn of the century. The muted tones of brown, blue, pink, purple, green, yellow, orange, and cream seem perfectly suited to the flowing representations of birds, animals, geometrics, foliage, and flowers.Here, from the heyday of its ascendancy, are more than 100 full-color Art Nouveau stain