Traditional motifs from Austria, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Switzerland, and other European countries include scores of charming designs incorporating florals, wildlife, and human figures in folk costumes. Ideal for adding a touch of Old World flavor to a variety of print and craft projects. 265 black-and-white designs.
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Marty is from a family of artists going back several generations. Raised in Santa Barbara, she pursued her creative interests from an early age, settling on the batik technique in the early 60's. From simple pieces the work grew into very detailed paintings earning her a reputation is area galleries as well as in the illustration field. In 1980 she switched to watercolor and pursued opportunities with art publishing firms and has since enjoyed seeing her designs used as book illustration, posters, puzzles, greeting cards, plate designs and calendars. Her primary focus in the last 15 years has been as an illustrator for Dover Publications where she has had 230 books published that include a series of coloring books of many of the famous painters and art movements as well as a variety of design and activity books for artists and children, Marty lives in Anna Maria Florida, where she finds continual inspiration for her current series of photo art prints. Her passion for photography and mastery of computer art programs have enabled her to marry the two in her recent print series depicting the natural beauty of southern Florida
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Worth buying for the artistic and cultural diversity.
Pity the publisher doesn't activate the 'Look Inside' feature. A reading of the book's introduction would give sufficient tattle, a few pages would entice:
-Sixty plates: 2-9 designs per plate, more than 250 designs.
-Motifs: plant, animal, Christmas, holiday, geometric. religious figures, abstracts...
-Range: whimsical to stylized.
-Applications: needlework, textile design, leather work, pottery, wood burning, carving, drawing, Wycinanki...
Art from 24 countries alphabetically arranged: including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia. One to five pages for each country. Ex: Albania shows 3 designs on 1 page. Czechoslovakia boasts 20 designs 5 pages.
A key on each page explains the media source, most with time periods.
Ex: Sampler embroidery, west Hungary, Slovak influence (early 19th century).
This allows the curious to gleefully chase more information elsewhere.
Most art from 17th - 19th centuries.
On the 10 vertically-laid pages, text on the left page is along the spine, text on the right page along the edge. This makes the right-hand pages a tad harder to copy. For that, lack of a simple index page, and the desire for the book to lay a little flatter, I would dock it a half star. Don't twist your hair over it though; at 9.99 even I, Queen of Thrift, overlook this. Dare to crack the spine and, if necessary, to paper punch and house in a binder.
European Folk Art Designs is engaging, diverse design collection meant to be used.
Pity the publisher doesn't activate the 'Look Inside' feature. A reading of the book's introduction would give sufficient tattle, a few pages would entice:
-Sixty plates: 2-9 designs per plate, more than 250 designs.
-Motifs: plant, animal, Christmas, holiday, geometric. religious figures, abstracts...
-Range: whimsical to stylized.
-Applications: needlework, textile design, leather work, pottery, wood burning, carving, drawing, Wycinanki...
Art from 24 countries alphabetically arranged: including Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia. One to five pages for each country. Ex: Albania shows 3 designs on 1 page. Czechoslovakia boasts 20 designs 5 pages.
A key on each page explains the media source, most with time periods.
Ex: Sampler embroidery, west Hungary, Slovak influence (early 19th century).
This allows the curious to gleefully chase more information elsewhere.
Most art from 17th - 19th centuries.
On the 10 vertically-laid pages, text on the left page is along the spine, text on the right page along the edge. This makes the right-hand pages a tad harder to copy. For that, lack of a simple index page, and the desire for the book to lay a little flatter, I would dock it a half star. Don't twist your hair over it though; at 9.99 even I, Queen of Thrift, overlook this. Dare to crack the spine and, if necessary, to paper punch and house in a binder.
European Folk Art Designs is engaging, diverse design collection meant to be used.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This collection of designs is very diverse, some being intricately detailed while others are simple. The animals, people, plants, and other designs are beautifully printed in black and white with helpful descriptions of time, place and uses included. If the pages printed sideways had been printed back to back, with the footnotes on the outer edges of the left hand side as well as the right, it would be easier to use in terms of copying or sketching. This is an excellent resource of pre-twentieth century design. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486437574/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_img
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