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William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations102 Full-Color Plates
Dante's Divine Comedy captivated medieval readers, and each successive era remains spellbound by its sublime portraits of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In the early 19th century, one of England's great epic poets paid tribute to the Italian master's work. Gifted at both poetry and painting, William Blake transformed more than a hundred of Dante's visions into sketches, engravings, and brilliant …
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Life Drawing in Charcoal
"The guidance to be found within these covers reflects the author's inspired ability as a teacher and artist of the highest magnitude. It is probably the finest book on the subject of drawing the human form that I have ever seen." Irving Shapiro, A.W.S., Director, American Academy of Art This unique guide offers a bold, innovative approach to drawing from life. Instead of teaching the traditio…
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- 9780486134062
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CompositionUnderstanding Line, Notan and Color
At the turn of the twentieth century, Arthur Wesley Dow literally "wrote the book" on compositionand this is it! Dow's Composition exercised an enormous influence on emerging modern artists of a century ago. A thought-provoking examination of the nature of visual representation, it remains ever-relevant to all the visual arts. A well-known painter and printmaker, Dow taught for many years at Co…
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- 9780486133645
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1300 Real and Fanciful AnimalsFrom Seventeenth-Century Engravings
A painter whose father was an engraver and publisher of the same name, Matthus Merian (16211687) published this remarkable group of unusual and highly imaginative animal illustrations. This copyright-free collection includes a large and fascinating selection of engravings that illustrate scientific specimens and legendary creatures all meticulously reproduced from an extremely rare eighteenth-…
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- 9780486132761
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Drawing Trees
This concise guide features easy-to-follow steps for capturing the natural beauty and magnificence of trees. Over 100 illustrations spotlight dozens of different varieties, including Oak, Willow, Pine, and Palmetto. Topics include shading techniques, composition, portraying shadow and light, and approaches to outlining. Author and illustrator Victor Perard, a graduate of the cole des Beaux-Arts…
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Rackham's Fairies, Elves and GoblinsMore than 80 Full-Color Illustrations
Through his extraordinarily drawn interpretations of favorite fairy tales and fantastic literature, Arthur Rackham (18671939) remains an enduring legend of the Victorian era's Golden Age of Illustration. Rackham took the printing developments of the early twentieth century further than any other artist of his time, masterfully manipulating the latest color processes. At once a technical and art…
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- 9780486133461
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A Mirror of Japanese Ornament600 Traditional Designs
Rendered from a rare 1915 five-volume set, this all-encompassing design treasury captures the graceful beauty of traditional Japanese motifs. These 100 full-color platesmany with multiple imagesrange from ornate florals and elegant cranes to dragons and Buddhas, and from Silk Road imports to Edo-style textile patterns. A veritable grammar of Japanese ornament, this compilation includes an Intro…
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Oil Painting Techniques and Materials
"In any exhibition of amateur work . . . it is not at all unusual to find many charming water-colour drawings, but . . . it is very rarely that the work in the oil medium is anything but dull, dead, and lacking in all vitality and charm." Harold Speed Such provocative assertions are characteristic of this stimulating and informative guide, written in a highly personal and unique style by a not…
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- 9780486132693
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Drawing and IllustrationA Complete Guide
Utilizing as few words as possible, but presenting a tremendous variety and volume of illustrations, this all-in-one guide details the fundamentals of drawing in its various phases and fields. In the opening pages, the author points out the first step on the road to creative achievement: artists must learn how to see people and things in terms of pictures, then master the techniques needed to e…
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The Book of a Hundred Hands
Mr. Bridgman states unequivocally in his introduction that before preparing this book he had "not discovered a single volume devoted exclusively to the depicting of the hand." Apparently Mr. Bridgman has appreciated what few others have felt the human hand's great capacity for expression and the care that the artist must take to realize it. The hand changes with the age of the person, is shape…
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