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Muchas Floral Borders: 30 Full Color Art Nouveau Designs Mucha, Alphonse Marie

Dover Publications, 1985 Trade paperback ISBN 0486249166 Good tight copy, good wrappers Perhaps the greatest master of the Art Nouveau style, Alphonse Maria Mucha 18601939 achieved instant fame in 1894 with a striking poster promoting Sarah Bernhardt in Gismonde For the next decade, his posters and illustrations for books and magazines dominated the sophisticated arena of French design This inexpensive volume reproduces 30 exceptional plates from a rare limited edition of Muchas work, comprising a treasury of the masters distinctive designs in their original full colors Magnificent, elaborate floral borders are arranged in sinuous curves and harmoniously tinted in in subdued, luminous shades of pink, yellow, green aqua, brown and orange Lush poppies, irises, orchids, morning glories, passionflowers and other blossoms mingle with foliate patterns and stylized vines Chosen for ornamental appeal and as inspiration for artists, these 30 glorious borders are ideal for framing text or copy on advertisements, posters, bookplates, stationary, menus, illustrations and a host of other graphic projects Artists, illustrators and connoisseurs of fine art will appreciate Muchas Floral Borders for their sheer, unsurpassed beauty and remarkable utility Art, craft