audiobook Digital Photographic Imaging Glossary by Phil Taylor in Arts-Photography

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Diverse collectionBy N.M.Worth buying for the artistic and cultural diversity.Pity the publisher doesnt activate the Look Inside feature. A reading of the books introduction would give sufficient tattle; a few pages would entice:-Sixty plates: 2-9 designs per plate; more than 250 designs.-Motifs: plant; animal; Christmas; holiday; geometric. religious figures; abstracts...-Range: whimsical to stylized.-Applications: needlework; textile design; leather work; pottery; wood burning; carving; drawing; Wycinanki...Art from 24 countries alphabetically arranged: including Austria; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Norway; Poland; Romania; Spain; Sweden; Yugoslavia. One to five pages for each country. Ex: Albania shows 3 designs on 1 page. Czechoslovakia boasts 20 designs 5 pages.A key on each page explains the media source; most with time periods.Ex: Sampler embroidery; west Hungary; Slovak influence (early 19th century).This allows the curious to gleefully chase more information elsewhere.Most art from 17th - 19th centuries.On the 10 vertically-laid pages; text on the left page is along the spine; text on the right page along the edge. This makes the right-hand pages a tad harder to copy. For that; lack of a simple index page; and the desire for the book to lay a little flatter; I would dock it a half star. Dont twist your hair over it though; at 9.99 even I; Queen of Thrift; overlook this. Dare to crack the spine and; if necessary; to paper punch and house in a binder.European Folk Art Designs is engaging; diverse design collection meant to be used.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy ElodyeArrived on time. As described.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Annie Rose Knows...By HoppermommaThis collection of designs is very diverse; some being intricately detailed while others are simple. The animals; people; plants; and other designs are beautifully printed in black and white with helpful descriptions of time; place and uses included. If the pages printed sideways had been printed back to back; with the footnotes on the outer edges of the left hand side as well as the right; it would be easier to use in terms of copying or sketching. This is an excellent resource of pre-twentieth century design. http://www..com/gp/product/0486437574/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_img