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Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico
"A rich source of inspiration." — San Francisco Examiner
"Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard." — Interior Design and Decoration
Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists — 766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.
"Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard." — Interior Design and Decoration
Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists — 766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.
Reprint of the first 1947 edition.
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"A rich source of inspiration." — San Francisco Examiner
"Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard." — Interior Design and Decoration
Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists — 766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.
"Couldn't be more practical . . . meets the highest standard." — Interior Design and Decoration
Here is an unusual collection of pictorial material for artists, commercial designers, handicraft workers, and at-home hobbyists — 766 vigorous primitive designs that will add color and strong, rhythmic lines to textile work, leather craft, wood and metalwork, advertising art, and other areas where novel decorative ideas are at a premium. More than 90 percent of this material has never before been printed; all of it is royalty free. You may use up to 10 items for any single use without fee or special permission.
The book reproduces plumed serpents, calendrical elements, wind gods, insects, toads, lizards, birds, real and mythological animals, flowers, demons, the human head and figure, and hundreds of abstract ornamental designs derived from carved seals of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec, and other early Mexican cultures. This book is the finest inexpensive collection of such motifs to be found anywhere.
Reprint of the first 1947 edition.
ancient mexican;mexican spanish;popular motif;clip art;archaeological thinking;vera cruz;fine shape;current archaeological;spanish word;mesoamerica;silhouette;prehispanic;covarrubias;aztec;precolumbian;teotihuacan;cds;puebla;50-some;maya;papillon;nahuatl;motifs;dover;localities;peet;pre-columbian;clip;tillman;abridgement;decoration;high-quality;designs;stamps;pottery;decorative;pots;owls;mexican;1953;1947;reproduce;reproduced;reprint;tattoos;indigenous;carved;butterflies;intriguingly;permission;valley;mexico;books on stamps;books on puebla;books on clip arts;books on vera cruzs;books on covarrubias;books on teotihuacan;books on designs;books on papillons;books on butterflies;books on spanish words;books on peet;books on permissions;books on maya;books on cds;books on valleys;books on clips;books on fine shapes;books on abridgements;reproducing;books on tillman;books on tattoos;books on owls;books on dovers;books on silhouette;books on decorations;books on nahuatls;books on pots;books on localities;books on motifs;reprinting;books on mexican spanish;books on potteries
