The Elements of Design

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Edition: 1St Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0743222296

The Elements of Design: A Practical Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Present

In the bestselling tradition of The Elements of Style, The Elements of Design is a comprehensive visual survey of the design styles that have had the greatest impact on the decorative arts in the Western world. Download The Elements of Design: A Practical Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Present from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. With more than 3,000 prints, photographs, and line drawings, the book covers five centuries of the Western decorative arts tradition, including Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Regency, Gothic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism, and the Space Age. The key elements of the Western decorative arts tradition are explored chronologically. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows close examination of individual objects, including ceramics, glass, silve Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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