Русский орнамент - область малоизученная, многое в ней остается неисследованным и неясным. Фольклорные традиции, христианское вероучение, наследие восточных и западноевропейских стран - все это оказывало влияние на формирование русского орнамента. Богатство и разнообразие его форм и видов свидетельствует о творческом мышлении мастеров и об их высоком художественном вкусе.
(!) Book is russian, but dont worry - 240 pages from 244 are pictures :)

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 - April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a portraitist and court painter to the Spanish Crown, a chronicler of history, and, in his unofficial work, a revolutionary and a visionary. He has been regarded both as the last of the old masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso.