Strangely fascinating, highly imaginative, and unique, these 444 border designs and 19 full-page scenes are an intriguing new source of design elements for Western artists, designers, and illustrators. Selected by Theodore Menten from an authentic Japanese source, these timeless design elements are capable of almost infinite utilization--singly, repeated, rearranged, combined, enlarged, reduced, etc. The border designs are arranged six to a page and they contain such recognizable motifs as leaves, flowers, baskets, fish, birds, rings, sails maze-like scrolls, a bridge, Japanese screens, rabbits, fences and more, including abstract designs. The full-page scenes are more realistic and representational--primarily serene, stylized depictions of fish, animals, trees, flowers and so on. Paperback, 463 illustrations, 93 pages.
ISBN:486231801. DOVER |
