Mucha's Floral Borders: 30 Full Color Art Nouveau Designs

Mucha's Floral Borders: 30 Full Color Art Nouveau Designs

Perhaps the greatest master of the Art Nouveau style, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) achieved instant fame in 1894 with a striking poster promoting Sarah Bernhardt in Gismonda. For the next decade, his posters and illustrations for books and magazines dominated arena French design. This volume reproduces 30 exceptional plates from a rare limited edition of Mucha's work, comprising a treasury of the master;s distinctivek desgins in their original full colors. Magnificent, elaborate floral borders are arranged in sinuous curves and harmoniously tinted 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Dover Pubns
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 40-13204
EANs 9780486249162
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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