1,100 Designs and Motifs from Historic Sources Paperback - 1995
by John Leighton
From the rear cover
Well-known in the Victorian art world for his award-winning ornamental designs, John Leighton decided to provide contemporary artists and artisans with a rich sourcebook of ideas and inspiration to use in developing their own designs. Entitled Suggestions in Design, the book featured an enormous array of designs and motifs from many cultures and times. The present volume contains all 102 plates from that rare 19th-century compilation.
Included are more than 1,100 motifs painstakingly adapted from a host of design traditions: primitive tribal art and pottery; Egyptian sculpture and painting; Assyrian wall sculptures and carved ivory; Greek sculpture and terra-cotta vases; Etruscan painting, bronzework, and jewelry; Pompeian architectural details and mosaics; designs from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Persian, Moorish, French Renaissance, and other sources. Careful reworkings rather than exact copies of original designs, these motifs were meant to guide users in creating their own versions of decorative ornament.
Reproduced from a valuable original printed in 1881, this book includes detailed descriptions of the plates. It represents a highly useful source of beautifully rendered, copyright-free images that will be welcomed by artists, illustrators, craftworkers, and countless enthusiasts of the decorative arts.
Unabridged Dover (1995) republication of all 102 plates from Suggestions in Design, originally published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1881.
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- Title 1,100 Designs and Motifs from Historic Sources
- Author John Leighton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 1995-10
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780486287300 / 0486287300
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 11.9 x 8.92 x 0.34 in (30.23 x 22.66 x 0.86 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts), Decoration and ornament - Plant forms
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95040658
- Dewey Decimal Code 745.4
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