Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archives) [Paperback]

M.J. Gradl (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Pictorial Archives | Publication Date: April 1, 1983

Over 100 designs from a rare and important early 20th-century portfolio: Bunte Verglasungen. Organic, curvilinear motifs in muted tones of brown, blue, pink, purple, green, yellow, and other colors, are perfectly suited to flowing representations of birds, animals, geometrics, foliage, and flowers.

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (April 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486243621
• ISBN-13: 978-0486243627
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Glass & Glassware

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, February 17, 2003

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Shelley Cadamy "Shelley" (Oklahoma City, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archives) (Paperback)

I absolutely love this book. It's definitely not for beginning stained glass crafters, though - lots of curves and intricacies. I'm looking forward to when I have the expertise to use some of the patterns.

There are 30 pages of some of the best art nouveau patterns I have ever seen. I've already used one of the patterns to create a needlepoint pattern, and I plan on using many more. Even better than I anticipated!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Art Nouveau at it's splendid best!, September 2, 2004

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Always Queen B "Nooks and Granny" (Beautiful Pacific NW) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archives) (Paperback)

Although the designs in this book may not be for the beginning stained glass artist, the color combinations and whimsy incorporated in them will most certainly get your creative juices flowing! I spent several hours just thinking of how I might take just small segments of some of these masterpieces of glasswork to create my own projects. Although Art Nouveau as a whole "look" may be too much for some people, there are certain aspects of these works that are timeless and would fit with nearly any other design genre. Great book for any artisan or craftsperson in search of marvelous design ideas.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful patterns..., September 14, 2008

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Matthew A. Richardson (Ypsilanti, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass Designs in Full Color (Dover Pictorial Archives) (Paperback)

A very nice book of art nouveau patterns...many of the patterns are large/complicated, but it does have some patterns that are doable for less experienced crafters. The only flaw in the book is that it doesn't have black/white images to accompany the full-color images, which means you'll have to scan it into Photoshop and fuss with it a bit to get a simple/crisp printable pattern.