Автор: Alexander Название: The Styles of Ornament ISBN: 0486205576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486205571 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 18990.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This mammoth collection of ornament features 3,765 illustrations from a wide variety of periods: the Middle Ages, including Byzantine, Romanesque, and Mohammedan; Renaissance from Florence to Poland; Rococo; Colonial style; 18th century classical revival; Empire; and Biedermeier and Neoclassical from Germany. Gargoyles, capitals, jewelry, tapestries, religious objects, furniture, bridges, and much more.
Автор: Smith, A. G. Название: The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book ISBN: 0486244725 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486244723 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 4950.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Here is the grand sweep of American domestic architecture . . . from mud pueblos to solar-heated contemporaries, from log cabins to town houses, from sod huts to Greek Revival mansions. Spanning roughly 500 years, the dwellings reveal a remarkable variety of styles and approaches. Noted illustrator A. G. Smith has rendered over forty extant structures in crisp, detailed drawings. Ranging from the Taos Pueblo (New Mexico, pre-sixteenth century) to a striking contemporary design by John Milnes Baker, the houses represent a host of native and European-inspired styles: Spanish Colonial Revival, Georgian, High-Victorian Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire, Stick Style, Richardson Romanesque, Beaux-Arts Classical, Prairie, and many others. Rich, informative captions date and identify each house as well as describing important architectural features, methods, and materials of construction and historical background, and showing how Old World architectural styles were adapted and modified in America. In addition to many hours of coloring fun, this book offers students, cultural historians, and Americana enthusiasts a step-by-step overview of the evolution of American architecture -- from its primitive origins to the technologically sophisticated homes of today.
Автор: Francis Scott Fitzgerald Название: Bernice Bobs Her Hair and Other Stories ISBN: 0486470490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486470498 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 4920.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: It was an age of miracles," declared F. Scott Fitzgerald of the 1920s, "it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire." No author is more closely associated with the decade than Fitzgerald, who christened it the Jazz Age and chronicled its manners and morals. His lyrical, witty fables of society life reveal the disillusionment and cynicism behind the Roaring Twenties' glamorous facade. Six of Fitzgerald's best-loved stories appear here, starting with the title tale, in which a hostess regrets her success at transforming a visiting cousin from wallflower to coquette. Other selections include "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," a glittering fantasy about the corrupting power of wealth; "The Ice Palace," a quasibiographical story of a restless Southern belle; "The Offshore Pirate"; "The Jelly Bean"; and "May Day." Each of these colorful portraits from a bygone era considers timeless themes -- love, money, power, the search for happiness -- that keep them enduringly popular and ever relevant.
