Japanese Designs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art) - Softcover

Dover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486995097 ISBN 13: 9780486995090

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2002

Synopsis

This treasury of more than 450 lovely designs preserves the original spirit and subtlety of Japanese art while sharpening and enhancing the reproducibility of the designs themselves. Included are black-and-white depictions of people in traditional garb, a generous sampling of nature's bounty, decorative family crests, bold geometric designs, fruit tree blossoms, demons, dragons, and much more.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Lyric scenes of exquisite beauty and a mastery of line and composition have characterized Japanese art for thousands of years. This treasury of more than 450 lovely designs preserves the original spirit and subtlety of Japanese art while sharpening and enhancing the reproducibility of the designs themselves. It features depictions of people in traditional garb; a generous sampling of natural motifs, including plants, animals, butterflies, and birds; decorative family crests, mostly arranged in circular configurations; bold geometric designs; fruit tree blossoms; demons; dragons; and much more.
Included in the set are: ?One CD-ROM containing 454 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF)
?A large-format 48-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly for easy reference

Also included on the CD-ROM is Dover Design Manager, a simple graphics editing program for Windows.
Artists, designers, craftworkers, students, and teachers will find this CD-ROM and book collection of traditional Japanese motifs an indispensable source of permission-free illustrations and design inspiration.
Original Dover (2002) publication.

Synopsis

For thousands of years, Japanese art has been characterized by a mastery of line and composition as well as lyrical scenes of exquisite beauty. This treasury of more than 400 lovely designs preserves the original spirit and subtlety of Japanese art while sharpening and enhancing the reproducibility of the designs themselves. Included are depictions of people in traditional garb, a generous sampling of nature's bounty: plants, animals, butterflies, and birds; as well as decorative family crests, arranged in mostly circular configurations; bold geometric designs, fruit tree blossoms, demons and dragons, and much more. Artists, designers, craftworkers, students, and teachers will find this CD-ROM and book collection of traditional Japanese motifs a remarkably fertile and indispensable source of permission-free illustrations and design inspiration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0486995097
• ISBN 13: 9780486995090
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48