Klassischer Bilderschatz
Klassischer Bilderschatz, a German art-reproduction portfolio compiled by Franz von Reber and Adolph Bayersdorfer and published in Munich in 1889 for students and lovers of European painting. Its plates are photo-based halftone reproductions of old master paintings and a medieval altarpiece panel, set in ruled captioned frames with schools and artists named in the margins. A designer can take from them the compositional structure of Venetian, Flemish and Dutch group scenes, with figures arranged in diagonals around a central action.
