Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1,087 Renderings from Historic Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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Drawing on centuries of history, this work is an encyclopedic collection — undoubtedly the largest royalty-free collection of its kind — of devils, dragons, mythical creatures, fanciful beasts, animal-gods, totemic figures, and other supernatural beasts from the darker regions of man’s imagination. Spanning many cultures and eras, the collection ranges from prehistoric rock paintings to the drawings of Max Ernst, from the masks of black Africa to the gargoyles of Notre Dame.
This volume incudes over 1,000 renderings of designs from ancient Egypt, Greece, and the Middle East: winged lions, harpies, griffins, satyrs, dragons, and more. Medieval centuries are represented by a wealth of monsters, demons, centaurs, and other creatures from The Book of Kells, anonymous Viking artists, and the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Dürer, and others. Global in scope, this vast trove also includes hundreds of non-European imagery: papier-mache masks from Latin America, Oriental deities and demons, feathered serpents from pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan sources, Navajo sand paintings, and more.
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Victória –
eu amei muito, chegou super rápido também
Neil Austin –
I used this book as reference and inspiration for my sculpture and found it invaluable
lucia –
The images collection would have been very interesting if It wasn’t for the very poor printing quality and low resolution.
Ok it’s not an expensive edition but I was quite disappointed
Jesus Contreras –
Esperaba más imaginación, con más imágenes de más culturas del mundo y de épocas pasadas gracias Amazon 🙏
Mandy Palmer –
I got this for my friend for his birthday because it was on his wishlist. He brought it with when he came to visit the other day. It’s not what we expected. He was thinking it was something more like an alternative Monster Manual ala D&D, and so did I. Mostly illustrations of various ‘legendary’ creatures from various cultures of this reality along with a name, not even a description of the creature or what it does according to legend (but I could be wrong about that since I didn’t sit down and really read it before he left). Still, great quality book and nice illustrations.