Customer Review: I bought this book as a source of inspiration for tattoos with a Norse cultural feel. It provided that and more. With hundreds of illustrations sourced from real life examples (rune stones, sword guards, jewellery etc) and from multiple developmental stages in "Norse" artwork, it provides an easy to... more info
Customer Review: Of the Dover Books, this is one of the most interesting. The only caveat is they don't offer it with a CD like so many of their books. Highly recommend for hilighting projects. It adds alot of detail to manuscripts, music, etcetera.
Customer Review: It probably seemed like a good idea at the time - create a collection of royalty-free Medieval designs/ornaments in color. The result is over 300 designs, but this over 300 poorly executed designs. The images are in a .TIFF format and are indeed 300 dots per inch, but the quality of the images... more info
Customer Review: so... i actually don't own this book yet... but i will be buying it soon for sure. though i thought it necessary to review it more positively... because if one were searching for medeival woodcuts as i had, and came across'd this book, they might overlook it immediately after seeing a 1 out of 5... more info
Customer Review: I purchased this book to use in our Book of the Fantastical and it proved highly useful. Great for publishers looking for good clip-art work.
Customer Review: This is an informative book loaded with many, many nice, easy designs to replicate or gain ideas from. Some of the illustrations seem rudimentary and uneven, not professionally finished, but if you can overlook that fact and "crisp up" or perfect the drawings yourself it would be a great asset to... more info