In the 60 illustrations of this book you will find decorative elements from many cultures and historical periods. We start with Mesopotamia and Persia and end with modernism and abstraction inspired by the art of Pablo Picasso.
In the first presented here version each illustration is accompanied by an explanatory note giving information on the historical background of the motif, the civilisation concerned, its territory, religious beliefs, cultural profile, particular style and sometimes symbolic meaning, as well as suggestions for the choice of colours. As we know, the palettes of Ancient Greece, the European Middle Ages or China were different, as were the messages given by the colours.
The second version is simpler, with illustrations only.
Illustrations size: 17x17cm (6,69 x6,69 in).
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