(Box pictured for illustration only. NOT SUPPLIED)


The origins of Art Nouveau are found in the resistance of William Morris to the cluttered compositions and the revival tendencies of the Victorian era and his theoretical approaches that helped initiate the Arts and crafts movement. Art Nouveau also known as Jugendstil, became an international movement and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—which peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. It is characterized by beautiful organic, especially floral and other plant-inspired motifs, as well as highly-stylized, flowing curvilinear forms.

Exponents of Art Nouveau decorative arts emphasized and promoted the importance of design itself as applied not only to architecture but to everyday objects from pottery, glassware and furniture to jewellery, wallpaper and book covers.

Collected together on CD for the first time are 29 design textbooks from this period. Ranging in date of publication from 1881 to 1922, all are scans of the originals so you will be reading each book exactly as intended.

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A great selection of clipart images. Great for use in your own projects. Includes decorative scroll, borders, name plates, plant forms, women etc (I created the header image at the top of this listing and the "thank you" graphic at the bottom using this clipart) Large image sizes, 600dpi - over 400 images.

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ABOUT THE CD

You will receive 1 x regular data DVD-R disc containing all of the material listed here. The books are in pdf format which means that you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read them. If you don't have this, you can download it FREE from the Adobe website .  The clipart images are in TIFF format and can be used in Paint, Word, Photoshop  or any DTP / Graphics / Image editing software.

This is a data DVD for computer use (requires DVD-Rom drive). It WILL NOT WORK in an audio CD player or the DVD player connected to your TV.

*MAC USERS*
This disc has an auto-run menu feature which may be incompatible with Mac computers. I cannot guarantee that the menu feature will function on any Mac computer or that a disc including this feature will function in any way on a Mac. If you would like a disc without the menu feature I can provide this (menu is for cosmetic purposes only - content will be identical), please leave a note with your purchase. If in doubt, please contact me prior to purchase.

DELIVERY TO MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

Due to persistent delivery failures / missing items, I will only ship to these locations using a tracked service. Sorry it's more expensive but I cannot continue to cover the cost of failed deliveries to these locations. If you need shipping to these locations, please choose the option for tracked shipping at checkout. If you choose regular (untracked) shipping I will have to cancel the order and you will need to re-order with the tracked shipping service. Thanks for understanding.

'Software Box' pictured is for illustration purposes only, not representative of actual packaging.

NO SOFTWARE BOX IS SUPPLIED.

NOTE TO EBAY STAFF: No copyrights are infringed in this CD/DVD Rom product. All material contained on the discs as described above is in the public domain and free from copyright.