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This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively. Describing mandatory skills for beginning and advanced students, the text covers such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing.Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality; perspective distortion; determining heights, depths, and widths; and the use of circles, cylinders, and cones.Artists, architects, designers, and engineers will find this book invaluable in creating works with convincing perspective.

Medieval manuscript of ceremonial magic. Basic document in Aleister Crowley, Golden Dawn groups.

Thirty-one pages include illustrations from A to Z plus five additional wordmark designs - "Love," "Peace," "Dream." "Family," "Friendship" - gloriously embellished by traditional elements: woven knots, curling spirals, stylized hounds, peacocks, fiery dragons, and more.

From wishing wells and picnic settings to scenes of canoes on a quiet lake and a bicycle built for two, these 31 illustrations will show colorists that romance is in the air!

These 31 full-page illustrations portray horses as symbols of beauty, romance, and freedom. Horses with flowing manes run through fields of wildflowers, along the shore, and in other idyllic settings.

First published in Paris as Decoration Moderne dans l'Interieur, this rare 1935 portfolio of full-color plates reflects the influence of Art Deco modernism on architects and interior designers. Designs for every space include living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, offices, terraces, artists' studios, and other settings. Equally eye-catching are the lighting, chairs, tables, beds, bookcases, desks, accessories, and other furniture along with floor and wall treatments and additional elements of modernist interior design. Captions identify the creator of every design, and the book includes a translation of the original Introduction and a new Publisher's Note. This splendid collection of authentic, hard-to-find designs will provide a treasury of inspiration for architects, interior designers, and designers of furniture and accessories as well as collectors of authentic Art Deco material and students of design, architectural history, and popular culture.www.doverpublications.com

A skilled tattoo artist presents more than 30 black-and-white versions of his original floral designs. Stylized images of roses, peonies, and other lush blossoms appear in large, full-page formats.

Discover kusudama, a traditional Japanese paper sphere formed by modular origami construction techniques. Kusudama, meaning "medicine ball," originally served as holders for incense or potpourri. Today they're used as decorations or gifts. This guide presents instructions for over 40 elaborate modular origami figures that range in shape from stars and flowers to kusudamas. Beginning and experienced folders of all ages will appreciate these unusual and eye-catching models.Dover (2013) original publication.See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.com

Luxury Cars Coloring Book is an engaging and exciting book published by Dover Publications Inc. in 2005. Crafted by the talented author Bruce LaFontaine, this book is a must-have for car enthusiasts and coloring book lovers alike. It belongs to the unique genre of coloring books, providing an interactive and fun experience for its readers. The book features a variety of luxury cars, each beautifully outlined for coloring. Readers are given a chance to add their personal touch to these magnificent vehicles. The publication year of 2005 marks this book as a classic in its genre, continuing to entertain its readers for over a decade. Published by Dover Publications Inc., this book is a testament to their commitment to producing quality and engaging content. Dive into the Luxury Cars Coloring Book and let your creativity soar.

These logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. No background in formal logic necessary.

Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought. It is without question Schopenhauer's greatest work. Conceived and published before the philosopher was 30 and expanded 25 years later, it is the summation of a lifetime of thought.For 70 years, the only unabridged English translation of this work was the Haldane-Kemp collaboration. In 1958, a new translation by E. F. J. Payne appeared that decisively supplanted the older one. Payne's translation is superior because it corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the Haldane-Kemp translation, and it is based on the definitive 1937 German edition of Schopenhauer's work prepared by Dr. Arthur Hübscher. Payne's edition is the first to translate into English the text's many quotations in half a dozen languages. It is thus the most useful edition for the student or teacher.

Classic, Renaissance-era guide to acquiring and maintaining political power. Today, nearly 500 years after it was written, this calculating prescription for autocratic rule continues to be much read and studied.

Celebrate the Beauty of the BibleTake time to enjoy the calm and quiet inspiration of uplifting Bible verses as you color these 31 exquisite designs. Each illustration features beautifully lettered scripture nestled within elegant frames of hearts and flowers, butterflies, birds, mountains, waterfalls, and many other glories of nature. Pages are printed on one side only and perforated for easy removal and display of your finished art.

Welcome to a garden of coloring delights! Thirty-one spectacularly stylized illustrations present dreamlike designs bursting with hundreds of intricate details: blooms, leaves, buds, vines, fronds, and more floral motifs. Many of the illustrations include beautifully decorated borders, adding an extra dimension of creative expression. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Entangled Gardens and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Compiled by a former Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist and experienced teacher, these 80 exercises constitute the first book of a three-volume set. Studies are arranged in order of increasing complexity.

Animal-loving colorists will adore these 31 illustrations, which feature dogs and cats in outfits ranging from pajamas and beach wear to casual clothes for shopping and gardening to formal wedding attire.

Crafters can relish a new project every week with this full-color guide. Offering a wealth of inspirational and meditative themes, the book presents 52 weekly words - relax, tranquil, spirit, dream, believe - accompanied by a radiant mandala design.

Based on interviews from a 1985 tour, this book profiles one of jazz's most important figures. Anthony Braxton discusses the expression of his musical visions and related ethical, political, and spiritual beliefs. "Absolutely essential reading." - The Wire.

This charming book depicting city life includes 46 illustrations packed with taxis, trolleys, and traffic jams, along with street vendors, dog walkers, store window displays, and much more. Includes simple color key.