Fantastic Ornament Vector Designs

Fantastic Ornament Vector Designs
Author: Alan Weller
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Clip art
ISBN: 9780486991641

Drawn from rare and classic 18th- and 19th-century sources, this collection features a lavish assortment of scrolls, borders, flourishes, andcartouches as well as floral, botanical, and mythologicalmotifs."

Fantastic Ornament, Series Two

Fantastic Ornament, Series Two
Author: A. Hauser
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-07-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486315983

Engraved in the 19th century, these flamboyant ornamental designs are based on a wide variety of historical examples, dating back as far as the 1500s and including images by Watteau and Dürer.

The Colonial Andes

The Colonial Andes
Author: Elena Phipps
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2004
Genre: Art, Spanish colonial
ISBN: 1588391310

"This unique volume illustrates and discusses in detail more than 160 extraordinary fine and decorative art works of the colonial Andes, including examples of the intricate Inca weavings and metalwork that preceded the colonial era as well as a few of the remarkably inventive forms this art took after independence from Spain. An international array of scholars and experts examines the cultural context, aesthetic preoccupations, and diverse themes of art from the viceregal period, particularly the florid patternings and the fanciful beasts and hybrid creatures that have come to characterize colonial Andean art."--Jacket.

Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens

Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens
Author: Michael D. Fowler
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3839425689

Michael D. Fowler presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the sound world of traditional Japanese gardens by drawing from the diverse fields of semiotics, acoustic ecology, philosophy, mathematical modelling, architecture, music, landscape theory and acoustic analysis. Using projects - ranging from data-visualisations, immersive sound installations, algorithmically generated meta-gardens and proto-architectural form finding missions - as creative paradigms, the book offers a new framework for artistic inquiry in which the sole objective is the generation of new knowledge through the act of spatial thinking.

Fantastic Ornament: French Color Design

Fantastic Ornament: French Color Design
Author: Dover
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2018-06-13
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486831361

Never before printed and selected from a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted studio sourcebook from early 20th century Lyon, France, these brilliant silk patterns are bursting with vibrant color and naturalistic forms: flowers, swirls, vines, and more.

Mastering Architecture

Mastering Architecture
Author: Leon van Schaik
Publisher: Academy Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2005-03-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

It is easy for even the most accomplished of designers to lose sight of their higher creative goals, once they are in ensconced in practice and burdened by the everyday concerns of running an office and overseeing complex projects. However, it is essential for any architect aspiring to achieve a mastery of their profession to retain an ongoing awareness and understanding of their creative development. This book is a touchstone for architects who want to get back to a creative form of practice, in order to continue progressing and evolving their work. Mastering Architecture draws on the research of approximately fifty architects who have taken a close look at the nature of their own mastery. This research into mastery reveals things that every practitioner should know about their creative practice – things which most architects are only aware of at an intuitive level. The book flags up personal attributes, such as stamina, creative energy and intellectual capital, which are intrinsic to dynamic practice. It also suggests ways in which practitioners can self-curate their positions within the triangle of their creativity, evolving not only the cultural structure of their profession but the wider world in which they operate.

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica

The New Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1072
Release: 1980
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

Spine title: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Includes bibliographies. Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica. 1 v.--Micropaedia: ready reference and index. 10 v.--Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. 19 v. Accompanied by supplement (2 v.) issued in 1994 uder the title: The Encyclopaedia Britannica supplement.