Symbols, Signs and Signets

Symbols, Signs and Signets
Author: Ernst Lehner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 223
Release: 1969-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486222411

A pictorial handbook of artistic symbols and signs which man has created throughout the ages and left as a record of his identity, beliefs, and experiences

Symbols, Signs and Signets

Symbols, Signs and Signets
Author: Ernst Lehner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486141160

1,355 signs, seals, symbols: Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Germanic, Byzantine, Renaissance, Aztec, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, others. Astrological, alchemical, magical, early Christian, masonic, heraldic, crests, goldsmiths' marks, watermarks.

Handbook of Designs and Devices

Handbook of Designs and Devices
Author: Clarence Pearson Hornung
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 257
Release: 1946-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486201252

A practical reference for those in the applied and fine arts, this collection offers 1,836 sophisticated unit designs based on circles and circle segments, lines and bands, triangles, squares, rhomboids, pentagons, hexagons, scrolls, frets, loops, and other geometrical elements. Draws from Japanese, Egyptian, Classical, and Islamic originals as well as modern motifs.Reprint of the revised second edition.

Signs and Symbols

Signs and Symbols
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.

Signs & Symbols

Signs & Symbols
Author: Clare Gibson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2001
Genre: Signs and symbols
ISBN: 9780760702178

This wide-ranging compendium traces symbolism to its ancient roots, examining a vast variety of symbolic images.

The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha

The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha
Author: Alphonse Mucha
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2012-07-17
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486132277

Rare design portfolio by high priest of Art Nouveau. Jewelry, wallpaper, stained glass, furniture; figure studies; plant and animal motifs, much more. All 72 stunning plates from Documents Décoratifs in original color.

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols

Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols
Author: J. C. Cooper
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 505
Release: 1987-03-17
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0500770913

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa.

Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft

Devils, Demons, and Witchcraft
Author: Ernst and Johanna Lehner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2012-05-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 048613251X

244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Ancient Egypt to 1913. Fascinating graphics depict demons, witches, and warlocks, more. Works by Dürer, Cranach, Holbein, Rembrandt, others.

Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures

Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures
Author: Richard Huber
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2013-05-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486319091

Vast compilation of royalty-free images from many cultures and eras — from prehistoric rock paintings to works of Max Ernst, from the masks of black Africa to the gargoyles of Notre Dame.