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... motifs , c . 1600. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York . ( Bottom right ) Pen drawing for a dagger scabbard decoration , showing the " Dance of Death , " by Hans Holbein the Younger , c . 1532. In the Kupferstichkabinett ...
... motifs , c . 1600. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York . ( Bottom right ) Pen drawing for a dagger scabbard decoration , showing the " Dance of Death , " by Hans Holbein the Younger , c . 1532. In the Kupferstichkabinett ...
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... motifs . By the early 16th century , model books of orna- mental motifs were published for decorative artists . Prints by famous artists or graphic reproductions of well- known paintings were sometimes adopted either in their entirety ...
... motifs . By the early 16th century , model books of orna- mental motifs were published for decorative artists . Prints by famous artists or graphic reproductions of well- known paintings were sometimes adopted either in their entirety ...
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... motifs . Be- cause of their intrinsic decorative value - and not be- cause the medium dictates it - these shapes and motifs have been reproduced in such materials as wood , metal , and clay . Some notable examples are the interlacing ...
... motifs . Be- cause of their intrinsic decorative value - and not be- cause the medium dictates it - these shapes and motifs have been reproduced in such materials as wood , metal , and clay . Some notable examples are the interlacing ...
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