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1. Animals in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City

   Robert Arthur King

   A delightful collection of creatures that adorn New York City buildings.More

2. Faces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City

   Robert Arthur King, Allison Silver

   A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that people New York City buildings.More

3. Trompe L'Oeil: Italy Ancient and Modern

   Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad

   For centuries Italy has exuded a mythical aura: in no other country do antiquity and modernity, history, art, landscape, and the graceful art of living seem to merge and coexist with such simple elegance as in this land steeped in over two millennia of cultural heritage.More

4. Building Details

   Frank M. Snyder, Peter Pennoyer, Anne Walker

   Between 1906 and 1914, New York architect Frank M. Snyder published Building Details, a serial produced in twelve parts over eight years.More

5. Theory of Mouldings

   C. Howard Walker, Richard Sammons

   With the revival of interest in traditional design, practitioners, students, and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of forms that so enriched our architectural heritage.More

6. Trompe L'Oeil: Grisaille: Architecture & Drapery

   Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad

   All trompe l’oeil painting uses light and shadow to create illusory forms and surfaces.More

7. Classic French Wrought Iron

   Raymond Lecoq

   From grilles and gates to balconies and complex lock and key mechanisms, this book traces the successive styles of decorative French ironwork over its 700-year development.
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8. Trompe L'Oeil: Sky and Sea

   Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad

   Sky and sea are the trompe l'oeil painter's favorite motifs for contemporary interiors.More

9. Handbook of Decorative Motifs

   Birthe Koustrup

   Four-color ornamental illustrations fill the pages of Handbook of Decorative Motifs, offering a lively catalog of inspired design ideas and models for decorative painters, interior designers, and craftspeople.More

10. Trompe L'Oeil: Panels and Panoramas

    Yannick Guegan

    From the coauthor of the best-selling Handbook of Painted Decoration comes this advanced exploration of trompe l’oeil art and technique.More

11. Cosmatesque Ornament: Flat Polychrome Geometric Patterns in Architecture

    Paloma Pajares-Ayuela

    "Paloma Pajares-Ayuela's richly illustrated study of the late medieval type of architectural ornament known as Cosmatesque is a welcome addition to the literature on this subject."--Nexus Network JournalMore

12. The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture

    Kent Bloomer

    A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism.More

13. Sullivan's City: The Meaning of Ornament for Louis Sullivan

    David Van Zanten, Cervin Robinson

    An interpretive essay about a much-admired genius of American architecture, with an emphasis on the meaning of ornament in his work and lifeMore

14. Architectural Ornament: Banishment and Return

    Brent C. Brolin

    Embellishment is a basic human need. Why was it banished from modern architecture?More

15. Natural Stone: A Guide to Selection

    Studio Marmo, Frederick Bradley

    A photographic directory and reference, covering over 350 types of stone used in architecture and interior design.More