Dover Publications

Elaine Pogany recounts a beloved Russian fairy tale of a king, a wizard, and a magic bird in charming prose that will delight readers of all ages. This classic also receives a stunning artistic treatment from one of the masters of book illustration, her husband Willy Pogany, whose color and black-and-white pictures adorn every page.

An inspiring sourcebook for all skill levels, this guide helps artists discover a wide variety of subjects and ideas for their next sketch. More than 140 of the author's own drawings include partially finished details that illustrate how to achieve the desired visual effects. Stimulating topics include nostalgic scenes, old engravings, atmospheric effects, photographs, landscapes, and life itself.

Saki's «Tobermory» tells the tale of a talking cat who's conversation turns toward the scandalous remarks he's overheard. Additional selections include Hardy's «The Fiddler of the Reels,» Dickens' «The Haunted Hotel,» Trollope, «The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne,» Lawrence, «The Prussian Officer,» Kipling, «The Phantom Rickshaw,» Wells, «Under the Knife,» and others.

More than 200 beautiful illustrations from the most famous herbal of all time. Includes magnificent renderings of at least 40 herbs as well as many fruits and flowers. Includes index of common names. Dover Electronic Design series: permission-free illustrations and designs for art, craft, business and educational use. Hundreds of designs scanned at 300 dpi and saved in TIFF format; can be used for Mac[registered] and Windows[registered]. Each set contains CD-ROM and book with every image on the CD printed large for easy reference or direct use.

These rare 17th-century views of celebrated Roman fountains and gardens constitute some of the finest and most accurate landscape drawings of the Italian Baroque period. The only edition in print, this compilation of outstanding engravings will be of immense interest to architectural historians as well as travelers to Rome and lovers of art and architecture.

Includes 4 of the playwright's greatest works: Hamlet, featuring the drama world's most discussed and contentious character; Macbeth, concerning a Scots nobleman's overweening ambition; Othello, in which a gallant soldier is undone by jealousy; and Romeo and Juliet, the tale of the lovers whose names are synonymous with star-crossed romance.

The finest collection of art by one of the greatest English book illustrators. A stunning full-colour treasury of the finest illustrations by the famed English artist. Rackham's subjects ranged from fairy tales and children's stories to Wagner's operas. This superbly printed work includes more than 80 full-page plates that span his entire artistic output. The illustrations in this handsome volume have been beautifully reproduced directly from rare original editions.

While Leo Tolstoy is best known for his brilliant (and lengthy) novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, his short stories are also masterful works of literature. This affordable Dover edition includes six powerful stories including, Family Happiness, Three Deaths, The Three Hermits, The Devil, Father Sergius, and Master and Man. Each story is rich with detail, shrewd observations, and vivid narration that ensures this collection is an exceptional choice for the reader looking for either an introduction or addendum to Tolstoy's novels.

Ilustrated with diagrams and numerous examples by artists and students, this easy-to-follow guide for drawing animals offers a systematic approach to learning proportion, rules of repose and motion, and basic forms. Using the anatomic details of such representative animals as the horse and the cow, the student learns how to modify these drawings to portray a dog, lion, and other subjects. Directions also show how to draw subjects in poses that range from static to rapidly moving. Other topics cover proportion and drawing the hind leg, foreleg, trunk, head and whole figure.

From one of the great book illustrators of the early 20th century, 24 captivating illustrations for tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including The Snow Queen, The Nightingale, The Real Princess, The Mermaid, The Garden of Paradise, The Wind's Tale, and The Emperor's New Clothes, all reproduced from rare 1911 edition.

One of the greatest book illustrators of all time, the19th-century artist Gustave Doré was particularly noted for his brilliantly imaginative scenes of fantasy and the fantastic. Among his most frequently portrayed characters were angels. This collection includes dozens of dramatic illustrations depicting Doré's celestial beings, as created for such great works of literature as the Bible, Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Michaud's History of the Crusades, and Milton's classic, Paradise Lost.

One of the most influential (and most prolific) illustrators of children's books during the early twentieth century, Edmund Dulac brought countless fairy tales to life through his distinct style, subtle use of colour and fanciful compositions. This collection of 55 masterworks by that renowned illustrator includes a selection of his beguiling images for The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Princess Badouro: A Tale from the Arabian Nights, The Real Princess, The Mermaid, and other tales.

Detailed images of women of all ages, nationalities, and social classes — selected from rare 19th-century publications — depict subjects in a wide array of clothing styles while engaged in work, reading, dancing, playing musical instruments, and other activities. 316 black-and-white, ready-to-use graphics for artists and designers.

Authoritative reference deals primarily with animal symbolism in Japanese art, with occasional mention of the decorative art of China, India, and Persia. Arranged in the format of a dictionary, the explanatory text is rich with sidelights from literature and legend, while 673 black-and-white illustrations depict dragons, tigers, bats, and other creatures with symbolic significance.

Vast array of emblems — selected from Old and New Testaments as well as the medieval and modern church — depict signs that represent the Trinity, Apostles, saints, sacraments, Easter, the Ark, and other elements of Christianity. Ideal for use by illustrators and designers — of interest to anyone fascinated by symbols and their cultural evolution. 456 black-and-white designs.

Complete collection of drawings from the 1872 classic by France's most celebrated graphic. Included are amazingly perceptive sketches of workaday London, busy marketplaces, the Christy Minstrels, thieves gambling, the Devil's Acre in Westminster, flower girls, waifs and strays, a wedding at the Abbey, prisoners in the Newgate exercise yard, and many other scenes.

Elegant images of roses and other flowers and fruits by one of the greatst botanical artists of all time. Dover Full-Colour Electronic Design series: Brilliant full-colour, permission-free illustrations and designs for art, craft, business and educational use. Hundreds of designs scanned at 300 dpi and saved in TIFF format; can be used for Mac and Windows. Each set contains CD-ROM and book with every image on the CD printed large for easy reference or direct use.

This profusely illustrated book by a master of the subject offers a complete course in transforming the study of anatomy into art, with emphasis on the skills needed to draw the human body from the inside. Each stage of the course progresses logically through the body's main areas — trunk, limbs, head and features, with the whole body eventually viewed as a complete entity. Scores of drawings by painters, graphic artists, sculptors, art teachers and students accompany a text on techniques that even beginners can master.

Finely detailed designs, selected from some of Verneuil's best-known collections, feature graceful images of garden flowers, reeds, and blossoming trees, as well as exquisite portrayals of fish, butterflies, birds, and other members of the animal kingdom. An inspiration for graphic artists, illustrators, and craftspeople. 146 full-color illustrations.

Informative, readable text and 100 handsome illustrations of magnificent buildings make this book appealing not only to architects and architectural historians, but also to anyone with even a casual interest in architecture and design. It explains in simple terms the ways in which the relationship of exterior and interior elements creates unity.

English illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was known as The Beloved Enchanter. Twenty-four of his finest and most imaginative works appear in this captivating card collection, among them plates from The Romance of King Arthur, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Aesop's Fables, Captions.

Masterpieces by great writers from the golden age of Russian theater: The Inspector General by Gogol; Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Gorky's The Lower Depths; and A Month in the Country by Turgenev. Essential reading for courses in modern theater, these widely acclaimed works will be appreciated, as well, by theatergoers and drama lovers.

Choice collection of nine classic tales — gathered by British author on his journeys to Russia in the early twentieth century — tells of magical beasts, daring young men, frightful giants, wicked witches, and beguiling creatures of the sea. A delight for fairy tale fans of all ages.

Multitude of designs selected from rare 19th and early-20th-century periodicals depict motifs for gates, railings, finials, window grilles, signs, bedsteads, marquees, knockers, tables, and other ironwork elements. The 257 black-and-white illustrations, many displaying Art Nouveau influences, range from relatively simple, unadorned geometric and floral designs to extraordinarily ornate and intricate patterns.