Dover publications jul 2016 (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These 31 charming winter scenes offer a year-round delight! Original designs include detailed renderings of snow-covered landscapes; picturesque homes decorated for Christmas; and families enjoying skating, skiing, sledding, and building snowmen.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of 19th-century Berlin's premier artists, Adolph Menzel exhibited tremendous powers of observation, technical perfection, and an interest in a wide range of subjects. This volume contains approximately 115 plates of his work, with 16 pages of color. Dinotopia author James Gurney has selected the images, many of which have rarely been seen outside Germany, and provided an in-depth Introduction. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The definitive book on tiling and geometric patterns, this magnificently illustrated volume features 520 figures and more than 100 tables. Accessible to anyone with a grasp of geometry, it offers numerous graphic examples of two-dimensional spaces covered with interlocking figures, in addition to related problems and references. Suitable for geometry courses as well as independent study, this inspiring book is geared toward students, professional mathematicians, and readers interested in patterns and shapes-artists, architects, and crystallographers, among others. Along with helpful examples from mathematics and geometry, it draws upon models from fields as diverse as crystallography, virology, art, philosophy, and quilting. The self-contained chapters need not be read in sequence, and each concludes with an excellent selection of notes and references. The first seven chapters can be used as a classroom text, and the final four contain fascinating browsing material, including detailed surveys of color patterns, groups of color symmetry, and tilings by polygons.…