Book Description
Superb examples of the ironworker's art — elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, signs, marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative appointments, from Gothic style to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in fine black-and-white drawings reprinted from rare European and American books and periodicals.
Customer Reviews:
Great reference.......2005-10-01
This book is chock full of illustrations! It has gates, doors, door arches, stair railings, and fence sections. It runs the gamut from simple to very intricate designs. If you are a designer, this is a great resource. If you just appreciate design, you will enjoy browsing through it.
Very interesting reference.......2002-04-19
I enjoyed this very much. I wish there could have been more photographs, but that would have been a different book. This is almost exclusively line drawings.
Very helpful and informative. Warning: trying to duplicate these in decorative metal today is *expensive*. Architectural salvage might be more affordable than starting from scratch.
Beautiful Work.......2001-12-12
I have a different use for this book than perhaps the typical buyer. I bought it because I love adapting these iron designs into borders or patterns for my pen and ink drawings and paintings. Each page was such a delight when I discovered this book I bought it immediately. You need not use it as a home furnishings book. It works just as well as an inspiring art book.
Great for Designers.......2001-03-15
I've worked in the Ornamental Iron business for 3 years as a designer and business manager. I use this book more than any other for generating some fresh, usually more elaborate design ideas. There are a number of styles represented in the many drawings. If you are interested in seeing unique and interesting wrought iron designs you will not be disappointed.
A MANUAL FOR DESIGNING YOUR OWN "CASTLE".......2000-08-30
This is the most comprehensive collection of beautiful designs for gates, rails, fences, walls, pillars etc. From my personal opinion, there are some designs within the book that might be even more beautiful than the ones shown on the front cover. The various styles range from quite simple to very complex (flowery type). With over 400 designs, one is sure to find a few that matches his or her own tastes. A great book for homeowners and others. Probably some of these designs could even be used in graphics and other works apart from architecture.
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Designs Underfoot: The Art of Manhole Covers in New York City
Diana Stuart
Manufacturer: Green Editorial
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1585746398 |
Book Description
More than 300 evocative photographs of these remarkable relics of New York's architectural heritage.
Book Description
Over 300 finely detailed illustrations, selected from rare turn-of-the-century sources, provide striking examples of decorative ironwork designed to embellish balconies, gates, window grilles, staircases, doorways, other architectural features. A rich source of inspiration and elegant, royalty-free material for graphic artists, designers, craftworkers.
Customer Reviews:
Good resource.......2005-10-01
This book has plenty to offer. It is a good design reource to have on hand. One issue: some of the images seem to have been scaled down and fine detals have been lost.
This is just "clip-art", no words or photos.......2001-02-02
Not what I expected. Just as the title says, this is 670 illustrations. There is no text, no photos. Just illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Tools and work methods of the Art-Smith.......2003-04-01
Werk und Werkzeug des Kunstschmieds (Tools and work methods of the Art-Smith) by Otto Schmirler, printed in Austria by Ernst Wasmuth Tübingen from 1981. This is a how-to style book for ornamental ironworkers. By far the most sought after book for the artist-blacksmith (ornamental ironworker) today. It is printed with 3 languages altogether, German-English-French. It is one of the most wonderfully illustrated books loaded with hundreds of pictures and wonderful water color drawings on blacksmithing and blacksmiths tools. Schmirler uses these illustrations to produce fantastically clear images of many specialized and rarely seen tools and how to use them. Also shown is a large variety of work used in wrought iron gates, railings, hardware, lanterns, grills, and other items. This book contains a vast amount of ideas and methods that blacksmiths of any skill level from will find useful. This book is printed in Europe and now out of print - very hard to find. This is considered by artist blacksmith's every where to be one of the best examples of the art. Otto Schmirler wrote "...I decided upon watercolor or black-and-white illustrations that are especially easy to understand and remember, in order to avoid long written explanations." He does this so easily - each pages has up to 12 illustrations making some of the most complicated processes look easy.
Book Description
Over 450 black-and-white photographs, royalty-free, show ironwork masterpieces from all over Europe — doors, gates, railings, grilles, door knockers, locks, lanterns, candelabra, firedogs, chandeliers, much more. Beautiful examples from Notre Dame; Chichester Cathedral; Barcelona Cathedral; Fredericksborg Castle, Denmark; Versailles; scores of other sites.
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated tribute to Philadelphia's many well-preserved examples of colonial ironwork features 182 crisp black-and-white photographs and 41 measured drawings. These imaginatively rendered ironworks appear in the railings and gates of churchyards, on the marble steps of town houses, in the balconies and lanterns of banks and other buildings, and elsewhere.
Customer Reviews:
An essential volume.......1998-11-19
Mr. Wallace's studies of Philadelphia's colonial architectural legacy are a must for any self-respecting architect, preservationist, or metalsmith. This reprint is yet another credit to Dover's publishing effort.
Book Description
This new book showcases a vast array of ironwork commissioned for new commercial and residential building projects. Traditional styles in modern settings and designs that reach for new visual impact help to redefine ironworks status in our current society. There are over 375 spectacular examples from more than 100 of todays top blacksmiths, supplemented with historical works from 15 countries, some derived from old French and English ironwork. These include doors and hardware, staircases and railings, and gates and fences. This book will inspire architects, builders, homeowners, and artist-blacksmiths with the wealth of beautiful ideas it contains.
Book Description
For eighty years Philip Simmons has molded lumps of metal into beautiful ornamental gates, fences, and railings. In the only book for young readers about this amazing African-American craftsman, Mary E. Lyons crafts a vivid portrait of a remarkable man and his art. Researching the book with intricate care, Lyons visited frequently with Simmons and his coworkers. Using the artist's own words, she has pulled together not only a vision of the man and his work but the story of his remarkable lifetime, from his beginning as the great-grandson of slaves to his achievements as a nationally renowned artist. Philip Simmons is truly a working person's hero and role model. Catching the Fire presents the landscape of his life. This is the story of a man who loves his work and who creates art with passion.
Book Description
This exceptional volume documents the many uses of wrought iron in architecture from the 14th century through the 20th. 380 illustrations show gates, railings, screens, lighting fixtures, bannisters, balconies, and much else. Includes examples from Italy, Spain, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, America. Indispensable Sourcebook. Introduction.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Historic Design Reference Book.......2000-05-31
I am an artist blacksmith doing architectural work. I use this book frequently to help with authentic design. It is filled with many good photographs and drawings. The text is helpful for anyone desiring to know more about how and why the fine ironwork of the past came to be.
This book was intended for an art student.......1999-06-29
I was some what dissapointed with this book because I found the author too worried about filling text rather than getting to the point. I am a welder and really was looking for a book that discussed reasons, good examples, and how to create wrought iron design. I was not looking for a history lesson. If you are looking for history on the art of Spanish, Italian design etc. and where they were used,this would be the book for you.
Book Description
A must for architectural historians, restoration specialists and vintage home enthusiasts: 1,095 late Victorian-era designs, superbly drawn or photographed, including egg and dart enrichments; bead, flute and ogee enrichments; drapery and drop ornaments; urns, vases and wreaths; eagles, lion heads and gargoyles; rosettes, ribbons, garlands and festoons; sunbursts, weather vanes and more.
Book Description
All in color! "Look over the shoulder" of Trevor Chamberlain and find out how an award-winning watercolorist interprets the fleeting effects of weather, light, and atmosphere in his work. See superb reproductions of landscape, marine and coastal, townscape, figure, and interior paintings, and understand the artist's approach to painting them. It's almost as if you're watching Chamberlain in action as you learn by example. A Selection of F&W's North Light Book Club
. Trim size: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4.
Customer Reviews:
Great.......2003-10-28
This book is more like reading an illustrated autobiography than a how to book. This is fine with me. Chamberlain is a master of the traditional British style landscape. With a limited palette of earth tones and simplified brush work he creates muted, moody landscapes that to my mind are more compelling than the brightly colored items in most watercolor instruction books. Its a matter of taste, but Chamberlain's work really speaks to me. He's more concerned with communicating the beauty of the world than his own artistic cleverness.
beautiful style.......2003-06-30
I like this book for the illustrations. Chamberlain has a fresh spontaneous style and draws well. The paintings illustrated are representational, easy to like, well composed and very attractive. I haven't paid much attention to the text...no criticism, I'm just burnt out long ago on how-to painting books. But this is worth while for the quality of the paintings.
Very inspiring.......2002-01-08
This is an awesome book. It has inspired me to paint on-site more and has given me some invaluable additions to my palette. His style is attractive to me because it's more masculine and similar to my own. His narrative is very inspirational and instructive. Reading it and viewing his work will get you out painting every time.
An enormously attractive plein-aire painter........1999-11-02
Trevor Chamberlain is one of the most authentic outdoor painters working today. He is a "painter's painter," and anyone who has ever picked up a brush wishes in his or her heart of hearts that Chamberlain's style could be his or her own. His books make this dream almost seem a reality.
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