On Drawing Trees And Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual With Lessons And Examples - Brossura

Harding, James Duffield

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ISBN 10: 0486442934 ISBN 13: 9780486442938

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2005

Riassunto

This classic of art instruction is the work of James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), who served as drawing master and sketching companion to the great Victorian art critic, John Ruskin. Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, who sought always to "produce as near a likeness to Nature, in every respect, as the instrument, or material employed, will admit of; not so much by bona fide imitation, as by reviving in the mind those ideas which are awakened by a contemplation of Nature . . . The renewal of those feelings constitutes the true purpose of Art."
This volume consists of direct reproductions of Harding's sketches of vignettes from natural settings. Each is accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. The edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.

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Contenuti:

Introduction Chapter I General remarks on the use of the chalk, or lead pencil Chapter II On form Chapter III On the application of the chalk, or pencil, to the drawing of forms Chapter IV On copying, as preparatory to the study of nature Chapter V On foliage Chapter VI On stems and branches Chapter VII On foregrounds Chapter VIII On light and shade Chapter IX On the use of the brush Appendix On the materials

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Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, whose sketches of vignettes from natural settings are accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. This edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0486442934
• ISBN 13: 9780486442938
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 97