Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico - Brossura

Enciso, Jorge

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486200841 ISBN 13: 9780486200842

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1953

Riassunto

"A rich source of inspiration." — San Francisco Examiner
"Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard." — Interior Design and Decoration
Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists — 766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.

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Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists—766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.
"A rich source of inspiration."—San Francisco Examiner. "Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard."—Interior Design and Decoration.
Dover unabridged republication of the first edition, 1947.

Product Description:

In 8, cm. 15,5 x 23,5, pp. 153 + (3), con moltissime illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Brossura  editoriale illustrata. Questo libro non intende essere una dissertazione scientifica o uno studio storico, bensi' una dimostrazoine dell'ingegnosita'  di un'arte decorativa naturale che  ha lasciato il segno e che e' stata  fonte di ispirazione anche in altri campi artistici. In lingua inglese. In buone condizoni.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1953
• ISBN 10: 0486200841
• ISBN 13: 9780486200842
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 153