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Light for the Artist
Intermediate and advanced art students receive a broad vocabulary of effects with this in-depth study of light. The guide offers detailed descriptions that start with the basics the direction of light, reflections, and shadows and advance to studies of light in natural and manipulated situations. Examinations of subtler light effects include foreshortening, field effects, multiple light sourc…
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Drawing of the Hand
According to expert instructor Joseph M. Henninger, the hand is not difficult to draw when its construction is well understood. In this guide for intermediate and advanced art students, Henninger devotes the first section to the anatomy of the hand and forearm. He also shares basic but seldom observed facts concerning comparative measurements. A helpful glossary provides Latin terms, English tr…
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Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color64 Engravings from the …
The Galerie des Modes has been called the "most beautiful collection in existence on the fashions of the 18th century." Published over a 10-year period, its plates were elegantly drawn, accurately engraved, and exquisitely hand colored. Here are 64 of the finest plates, reproduced faithfully from the originals and selected by costume historian Stella Blum.
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- 9780486163246
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Drawing the Living Figure
"Joseph Sheppard has been favorably compared to practically every Renaissance masterhe is without peer among modern realists for his ability to impart a warm verisimilitude to the figure." Artspeak magazine. In this highly praised guidebook, Joseph Sheppard, a versatile and influential artist and teacher who is widely recognized as a master of figure drawing, introduces an innovative approach …
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The Human Figure in Motion
This is the largest selection ever made from the famous Muybridge sequence high-speed photographs of human motion. Containing 4,789 photographs, it illustrates some 163 different types of action: elderly man lifting log, woman sweeping, woman climbing ladder, men boxing and wrestling, child crawling, man lifting weight, man jumping, and 155 other types of action, some of which are illustrated b…
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- 9780486129914
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Animals in Motion
"The dry plate's most spectacular early use was by Eadweard Muybridge." Life "A really marvelous series of plates." Nature (London) "These photographs have resolved many complicated questions." Art Journal Here is the largest, most comprehensive selection of Muybridge's famous animal photos more than 4,000 high-speed shots of 34 different animals and birds, in 123 different types of actions…
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- 9780486129990
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The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy136 Plates
Gustave Dor (183283) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dor Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Dor's personal favorites. The present volume rep…
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AnatomyA Complete Guide for Artists
In this superb guidebook, a skilled practitioner of figure drawing demonstrates how to achieve mastery of anatomy through careful, knowledgeable articulation of the muscles and bones lying beneath the skin. Joseph Sheppard's concise instructions have been carefully integrated with over 250 halftone illustrations and over 180 line drawings to lead artists one step at a time through the technique…
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Beardsley's Le Morte DarthurSelected Illustrations
Beardsley's illustrations for the Dent edition of the great Thomas Malory classic made him famous virtually overnight. This volume contains a rich selection of those splendid drawings, including floral and foliated openings, fauns and satyrs, initials, ornaments, and much more. Characters from Arthurian legend are portrayed in 62 splendid full-page black-and-white illustrations.
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Learn to Draw Comics
This user-friendly guide from the 1930s offers aspiring cartoonists a wealth of practical advice. Rich in period flavor, it supplies the ageless foundations of comic art. Abundant illustrations and clear, nontechnical prose cover: creating expressions, attaining proportion and applying perspective, depicting anatomy, simple shading, achieving consistency, lettering, and writing a strip.
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