Covering the 17th through the early 20th centuries, each title in this series concentrates on a specific theme from the rich and varied world of ornamental design. Each book in this series of high quality volumes on ornamental design comes with a free CD-ROM containing thousands of high-resolution images available for copyright free use by the ...
"Integrating Wireless Devices in the Enterprise" provides a solution that every enterprise can use, described in terms of scope, feasibility and return on investment, architecture, and data structures. The solution Wheeler offers here is scalable from a single handheld and single desktop to small workgroup to large enterprise environments. The ...
With an international clientele--among whom may be numbered royalty, giants of industry, and leaders of state--it is no wonder that interior designer and decorator of renown Alberto Pinto feels himself best suited to the shadows--albeit the shadows of the great. From this privileged position he subtly shapes lifestyles and, to a certain extent, ...
Thanks to its strength, resilience, and malleability, iron can be transformed in innumerable ways, and used for a variety of differing needs. Traditionally it has been the blacksmith's task to forge the architectural elements decorating the interior and exterior of buildings. Starting in the 16th century, iron craftsmen sought inspiration for ...
Efe Pygmies is a landmark portrait of an endangered people and place. This stunning volume presents-for the first time ever-a captivating and provocative visual portrayal of the Efe pygmies of the Congo, the world's oldest pure-blooded ethnic group and one of its most remote. Through this deluxe book's arresting, high-contrast photography and ...
French artist Verneuil, student of the great Art Nouveau artist Eugene Grasset, was fascinated by the decorative potential of natural forms. He created stylized variations countless flowers such as irises, lilies, garden flowers, wildflowers, aquatic plants. In this unique sourcebook his elegant designs for many purposes are reproduced in color, ...
Although botanical drawings are specialised scientific renderings they possess an endearing universal appeal. Their commitment to accuracy in no way limits their aesthetic merit as full-fledged works of art. The images in this book are chosen from thousands of illustrations from the 16th to the early 20th century. Some of the drawings, even from ...
The voice of an ordinary English infantryman during the Napoleonic Wars Young William Wheeler's first experience of military life was within the ranks of the Surrey Militia, but he found peace time soldiering too tame and transferred to the 51st-a 'light bobs' regiment from the West Riding of Yorkshire. This famous account of the British Army at ...
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