Pattern Design (Dover Art Instruction)

By Archibald H. Christie

Approaching the study of design from a structural point of view, this classic handbook tells the designer how to construct hundreds of patterns from all periods and styles. Dr. Christie analyzes the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486222217
• ISBN13: 9780486222219
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Primer for those interested in ornament

This is the first book that I have encountered that not only discusses the different variations of ornament but how they evolved from ancient sources (such as Greece, Persia, or earlier Sumerians, Assyrians)in a simple and coherent way. It is a good book with which to begin the study of ornament and patterns. As an artist it gave me insight into how others adapted and created patterns, and how I can also reinterpret ornamentation for my own uses. The book is full of illustrations that adptly show the author's ideas and progressions of ornament from ancient to modern. I highly recommend.