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Книги издательства «Dover Publications»
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Beginners and experienced crafters alike will appreciate this expert guide to making one-of-a-kind teddy bears and their outfits. It presents basic patterns along with instructions on how to customise the bears by adding distinctive facial expressions and other individual traits. Step-by-step instructions and over 150 diagrams explain everything from choosing the right fabric to adding the final touches. 16 colour and 11 black-and-white photographs perfectly illustrate the possibilities for creating personalised keepsakes and gifts. It is a reprint of the Running Press, Philadelphia, 2002 edition. |
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This original collection of more than 100 innovative images commemorates the artistry of a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Illustration. Crane was one of the earliest children's book artists that experiemented with colors, and this volume not only surveys his best paintings, it constitutes a visual history of genre's first color illustrations. |
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24 projects for novices and experts include door latches, garden tools, tables, fences, weather vanes, and more. A book of ideas and suggestions, rather than an instruction manual, this volume features 80 figures and includes lists of materials, step-by-step instructions, and suggestions for variations in design. |
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Over 300 outstanding illustrations — thoughtfully selected and excellently reproduced — depict ornate altar screens, doors, chandeliers, balcony railings, candelabra, tombstone crosses, pulpits, gates, window screens, and more. Brief captions identify the types, origins, and dates of pieces in this excellent collection for artists, interior designers, craftspeople, and lovers of antiques. |
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Choice drawings — from early impressions of peasant life to studies for Starry Night, other masterpieces. 44 black-and-white illustrations. Captions. |
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A delightful comedy of manners, this novel concerns the romantic travails of two sisters, who struggle to balance passion and prudence. It abounds in the author's customary wit and engaging characterizations. This handsome hardcover gift edition features a dust jacket and more than 60 charming drawings by a leading Victorian-era illustrator. |
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This compilation features both color and black and white illustrations by the artist, designer and driving force behind the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Images include color reproductions of textile, wallpaper and stained glass designs in addition to black and white illustrations and ornamental motifs from the Kelmscott Chaucer and other illustrated books. This work is part of Dover Full-Color Electronic Design series: Brilliant full-color, royalty-free illustrations and designs for art, craft and hobby use. Each set features one CD-ROM containing hundreds of images scanned at 300 dpi and saved in TIFF format, a large-format book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly for easy reference and direct use. Mac and Windows compatible. |
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Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) excelled at sensitive depictions of Japanese landscapes and of people from all walks of life. These 12 reproductions of the artist's watercolor-and-ink creations include images from some of his best-known works, including One Hundred Famous Views of Edo and The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido. |
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Lush, full-color reproductions of 56 dazzlingly inventive silkscreens reflect the richness of color and sensuous theatricality which have become Erte's trademark. Exquisite visions of The Seven Deadly Sins, The Four Emotions, The Zodiac, At the Theatre, and more will delight enthusiasts and win new admirers for the legendary designer. Preface. |
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These royalty-free motifs feature exquisite specimens of the sculptured ornaments from northern Europe's largest medieval cathedral. York Cathedral features soaring Gothic architecture and a vast interior, parts of which date back to the 13th century. Reproduced from a rare 18th-century volume, this compilation consists of 175 illustrations, selected from throughout the building. |
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Egyptian, Roman, Byzantine, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, Gothic, and more — this colorful compendium of 512 religious, architectural, and ornamental images encompasses the abundant variety of the ancient world. Painstakingly reproduced from a rare early-20th-century source, it offers designers and graphic artists an inexpensive but valuable selection of descriptions. |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany raised the art of stained glass window designs to dazzling new heights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Twelve ready-to-mail postcards offer glowing reproductions of famous works commissioned for homes, churches, and other buildings from New England to Minnesota. |
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Comedy, tragedy, and history are masterfully represented in this anthology of Shakespeare's works. Features A Midsummer Night's Dream, a celebration of the imaginative powers of love; Romeo and Juliet, a gripping and passionate romantic drama; and Richard III, a portrait of a villain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Includes informative footnotes. |
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The shy and sweet daughter of a well-to-do physician, Catherine Sloper seems destined for lifelong spinsterhood until the sudden appearance of a dashing suitor who proposes marriage. Her adored father suspects the would-be fiance of fortune-hunting and threatens her with disinheritance, forcing Catherine to choose between lover and father. |
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A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque. |
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Winner of the Nobel prize for literature and 4 Pulitzer prizes, Eugene O'Neill is generally acknowledged as America's greatest playwright. The Emperor Jones is an expressionistic play much-admired for its powerful psychological portrayal of brute power, fear, and madness. The Hairy Ape combines elements of class struggle and surreal tragedy. Also includes Anna Christie. |
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From one of England's great poets and painters — 16 of his finest and most expressive paintings, skillfully rendered by Marty Noble. Illustrations from the author's popular poems, his interpretations of Bible stories, and other literary works can be brought to glowing life with a touch of color and light. |
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This thoroughly tested reference work provides an unusually comprehensive guide to the reading, speaking and writing of Russian for both advanced and beginning students. Using the new orthography, it is most useful for literary, scientific, political, and commercial translation. |
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Fire-breathing dragons. Elegant floral bands. Exquisitely detailed Mehndi graphics. This collection of 125 beautiful Asian images features some of today's most popular body art designs. Includes three versions of each tattoo — in black-and-white outline, solid drawing, and full color — so it's a great resource for tattoo artists and designers alike. |
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This inexpensive Dover edition brings together 5 of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, all filled with humor, joy, and, above all, happy endings. From the magic and mischief of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the rollicking farce of The Merry Wives of Windsor, these masterpieces are in demand by students of literature and by general readers. |
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