Art Nouveau: The Essential Reference
Dover's extensive library of Art Nouveau graphic art and typography serves as the source for this comprehensive volume, which features hundreds of magnificent full-color and black-and-white illustrations. Images by virtually every key artist of the Art Nouveau movement include the work of...
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Dover's extensive library of Art Nouveau graphic art and typography serves as the source for this comprehensive volume, which features hundreds of magnificent full-color and black-and-white illustrations. Images by virtually every key artist of the Art Nouveau movement include the work of Alphonse Mucha, E. A. Seguy, Aubrey Beardsley, Koloman Moser, Max Benirschke, and M. P. Verneuil.Selections from rare books and portfolios of the period include works never reprinted since their initial publication. This book also reprints material from the major Art Nouveau periodicals, including Jugend, The Studio, Dekorative Vorbilder, and The Keramic Studio. Detailed bibliographical information concerning every source ― including biographical details of each artist ― makes this collection a vital reference tool as well as a stunning compendium of significant and beautiful Art Nouveau graphics. Students of graphic art, typography, and illustration, as well as graphic designers and advertising professionals, will prize this remarkable resource.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780486799834 (0486799832)
ASIN: 0486799832
Publish date: 2015-10-21
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
This was extremely lovely, even in digital form. I will admit up-front that I am not exactly known for my vast repertoire of artistic knowledge. However, if you live with one long enough, you pick up some stuff by osmosis, and the Art Nouveau movement has always interested me stylistically. Or, to...