A guidebook on color and pattern concepts is designed to be a reference for a variety of decoration, fashion, and craft needs, providing more than four hundred fabric patterns culled from the nation's
This book shows in more than 100 pages and 200 color photographs solutions that help you find the right combination of textures and colors, open and transparent spaces, cozy and intimate settings, day
For more than twenty-five years already, Marcel and Monique van Dijk share the same passion: creating atmosphere and experience with vegetal materials. Their company Oogenlust has rapidly turned into
More than 18 original designs are included in this book for both beginning and advanced crocheters. The range of difficulty will allow all skill levels to learn new techniques. All projects are made i
Poetry. "The imagery in Britt's poems connects itself to an idea or an emotion and is, therefore, deeper and more meaningful than embellishment or decoration. In this manner, a linguistic experience i
This edition leads us to the beach, countryside and city to explore the most spectacular ideas in architecture and interior design. More than just a guide to decoration, it reveals concepts of contemp
In this book, Louise Bourdua examines how Franciscan church decoration developed between 1250 and 1400. Focusing on three important churches - San Fermo Maggiore, Verona, San Lorenzo, Vicenza and Sant'Antonio, Padua - she argues that local Franciscan friars were more interested in their own conception of how artistic programs should work than merely following models for decoration issued from the mother church at Assisi. In addition, lay patrons also had considerable input into the decoration programs. These case studies serve as a multiform model of patronage, which is tested against other commissions of the Trecento.
The essays in this volume, which was originally published in 1983, present an innovative and unified approach to the archaeological analysis and interpretation of art and design. Together, they illustrate a variety of approaches to the discovery and systematic description of the underlying regularities in the organization of art forms. A group of ethnographic papers show how structural consistencies both relate to and reflect other aspects of the cultural system, while archaeological case studies suggest potential uses of this concept for archaeological material. Thus, through the study of the structure of art, this volume adds to our understanding of the total cultural system. The case studies demonstrate how structural analysis can be particularly systematic for comparative synchronic and diachronic studies. Moreover, the contributors boldly advocate a cognitive basis for the structural regularities underlying art forms. They demonstrate that art is much more than decoration; it is a
India today is much more than the exotic East of traditional crafts. This book is an intimate exploration of the private homes of those at the forefront of the new approach to decoration and design. H
In the first section of this book, Professor Amyx catalogues and discusses more than 200 fragments of Archaic Corinthian pottery with figure decoration, selected from those previously unpublished o
This follow-up to Bee’s Brilliant Biscuits features 25 cake decoration projects inspired by the hottest trends in modern baking. Home bakers are more skilled than ever before and this book combines t
Details, large or small, are a central feature of life. In homes, their role in decoration takes on crucial proportions. More than anything else, details embody the identity of the inhabitants. Furthe
The frescoes of Peruzzi, Raphael and Sodoma still dazzle visitors to the Villa Farnesina, but they survive in a stripped-down environment bereft of its landscape, sealed so it cannot breathe. Turner takes you outside that box, restoring these canonical images to their original context, when each element joined in a productive conversation. He is the first to reconstruct the architect-painter Peruzzi's original, well-proportioned, well-appointed building and to re-visualize his lost façade decoration‒erotic scenes and mythological figures who make it come alive and soar upward. More comprehensively than any previous scholar, he reintegrates painting, sculpture, architecture, garden design, topographical prints and drawings, archaeological discoveries and literature from the brilliant circle around the patron Agostino Chigi, the powerful banker who 'loved all virtuosi' and commissioned his villa-palazzo from the best talents in multiple arts. It can now be understood as a Palace of Venus
More than just note paper, it's a decoration. Indulge with these beautiful pieces of papercut artwork. The intricate, highly detailed cut paper designs on this note paper make a to-do list or a remind
It's more than just note paper, it's a decoration. Even a reminder to buy milk or a to-do list becomes special when left on a note by Gennine's charming birds and flowers. Birds + Blooms Desk Notes wi
Visually arresting and symbolically rich, the phenomenon of truck decoration is one of the most distinguishing features of Pakistani culture. Considered much more than simply a means of transport, alm
A personally handmade gift means much more to both giver and recipient than one that has been bought from a shop, and with a few easy techniques it’s possible to make a card, gift, or decoration that
Even though Americans spend thousands on furniture, appliances and interior decoration, many of our homes have become little more than drop-off zones where we collapse after work, glued to the TV whil
