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Racinet's Historic Ornament in Full Color

By Auguste , Racinet

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2012
ISBN
9780486155463, 048625464X, 0486155463
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
49 MB (51836974 bytes)
Series
Dover Fine Art History of Art; EBL-Schweitzer
Edition
Online-ausg
Pages
80 Seiten\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

DOVER PICTORIAL ARCHIVE SERIES; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PUBLISHER'S NOTE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.Though he himself was a distinguished painter and illustrator, Albert-Charles-August Racinet (1825-1893) is best remembered for two monumental color-plate publications he edited: Le Costume historique (Historic Costume) and L'Ornement polychrome (Color Ornament).L'Ornement polychrome, a visual record in color of ornament and decorative arts from all over the world and throughout history to the end of the 18th century, eventually included 220 plates. The first 100 plates (Series I) appeared in ten installments between 1869 and 1873. A first edition of 5000 copies in volume form was published s.

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