Patterns in Art: A Closer Look at the Old Masters - Hardcover

Leoneschi, Francesca; Lazzaris, Silvia

 
9780789213402: Patterns in Art: A Closer Look at the Old Masters
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0789213400 ISBN 13: 9780789213402
Verlag: Abbeville Press, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

A visual delight, and a designer's dream―the decorative details of great European paintings transformed into beautiful two-dimensional patterns

Richly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the details of decorative art that the Old Masters lovingly rendered in their paintings, to establish a setting, convey a portrait subject's social status, or sometimes just enliven a scene. Together these details―so easy to overlook in the imposing harmony of draftsmanship, color, and composition that makes up a great painting―form a veritable history of ornament.

This inventive book plucks these decorative motifs from the background of paintings by masters like Bronzino, Fra Angelico and Jacques-Louis David, and transforms them into vibrant two-dimensional patterns. Seeing these patterns side-by-side with the original paintings deepens our appreciation of both. Patterns in Art will be a resource for graphic designers, and a revelation for all art lovers.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Francesca Leoneschi is cofounder and creative director of The World of DOT and art director of Rizzoli Libri.

Silvia Lazzaris is a journalist based in London.

Giovanna Ferraris is a designer at The World of DOT, a graphic design studio based in Milano.

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A visual delight, and a designer's dream the decorative details of great European paintings transformed into beautiful two-dimensional patterns
Using decorative motifs from the background of paintings from artists including Bronzino and Jacques-Louis David
A beatuiful resource for graphic designers, and a revelation for all art lovers

Richly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the details of decorative art that the Old Masters lovingly rendered in their paintings, to establish a setting, convey a portrait subject's social status, or sometimes just enliven a scene. Together these details so easy to overlook in the imposing harmony of draftsmanship, color, and composition that makes up a great painting form a veritable history of ornament.

This inventive book plucks these decorative motifs from the background of paintings by masters like Bronzino, Fra Angelico and Jacques-Louis David, and transforms them into vibrant two-dimensional patterns. Seeing these patterns side-by-side with the original paintings deepens our appreciation of both. Patterns in Art will be a resource for graphic designers, and a revelation for all art lovers.

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Verlag
Abbeville Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0789213400
ISBN 13 
9780789213402
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Ferraris Giovanna
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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