4000 Animal, Bird and Fish Motifs Details An excellent resource book! From the back cover • Contains 4000 stunning and original animal motifs • Provides inspiration for all designers, craftspeople and artists • Includes a range of historical and regional styles, from Palaeolithic cave paintings to the stylized designs of Art Deco • These copyright-free images can be photocopied, enlarged or traced for design work in any creative field • A detailed index helps the reader find the ideal motif A section from the introduction These fine designs were selected because they all capture the life force of the animals and their respective behaviours. Antlered stags flee from their Assyrian hunters, Minoan bulls lower their horns and charge, horses dressed in Medieval splendour canter smartly on pilgrimage, and elegant cranes spread their wings and rise into a Japanese sky. Sample page - here. Soft cover, 380 pages. Price: $45.00 ($40.91) Contents: 1. Stone Age Europe 2. Mesopotamia  - Neolithic  - Sumerian  - Hittite  - Assyrian  - Babylonian  - Persian 3. Egyptian 4. Aegean  - Minoan  - Mycenaean  - Cypriot  - Greek 5. Chinese 6. Nomadic Steppe Culture 7. Celtic 8. Barbarian 9. Byzantine 10. Medieval 11. Islamic 12. South American Cultures 13. Japanese 14. Arts and Crafts 15. Art Deco   Index