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Publication Date
1971-06-01
Pages
256
ISBN
9780486227306
Book Title
Elements of Drawing
Book Series
Dover Art Instruction Ser.
Item Length
8.4 in
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year
1971
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
John Ruskin
Features
Revised
Genre
Art, Games & Activities
Topic
Card Games / Poker, Techniques / Drawing
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Number of Pages
228 Pages

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Can drawing -- sound, honest representation of the world as the eye sees it, not tricks with the pencil or a few effects -- be learned from a book? One of the most gifted draftsmen, who is also one of the greatest art critics and theorists of all time, answers that question with a decided Yes. He is John Ruskin, the author of this book, a classic in art education as well as a highly effective text for the student and amateur today. The work is in three parts, cast in the form of letters to a student, successively covering First Practice, Sketching from Nature, and Colour and Composition. Starting with the bare fundamentals (what kind of drawing pen to buy; shading a square evenly), and using the extremely practical method of exercises which the student performs from the very first, Ruskin instructs, advises, guides, counsels, and anticipates problems with sensitivity. The exercises become more difficult, developing greater and greater skills until Ruskin feels his reader is ready for watercolors and finally composition, which he treats in detail as to the laws of principality, repetition, continuity, curvature, radiation, contrast, interchange, consistency, and harmony. All along the way, Ruskin explains, in plain, clear language, the artistic and craftsmanlike reasons behind his practical advice -- underlying which, of course, is Ruskin's brilliant philosophy of honest, naturally observed art which has so much affected our aesthetic. Three full-page plates and 48 woodcuts and diagrams (the latter from drawings by the author) show the student what the text describes. An appendix devotes many pages to the art works which may be studied with profit.

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Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486227308
ISBN-13
9780486227306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
286885

Product Key Features

Book Title
Elements of Drawing
Author
John Ruskin
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Card Games / Poker, Techniques / Drawing
Book Series
Dover Art Instruction Ser.
Publication Year
1971
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Games & Activities
Number of Pages
228 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Nc730
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Table of Content
LETTER I ON FIRST PRACTICELETTER II SKETCHING FROM NATURELETTER III ON COLOUR AND COMPOSITION :- COLOUR COMPOSITION :- 1. THE LAW OF PRINCIPALITY 2. THE LAW OF REPETITION 3. THE LAW OF CONTINUITY 4. THE LAW OF CURVATURE 5. THE LAW OF RADIATION 6. THE LAW OF CONTRAST 7. THE LAW OF INTERCHANGE 8. THE LAW OF CONSISTENCY 9. THE LAW OF HARMONYAPPENDIX I ILLUSTRATIVE NOTESAPPENDIX II THINGS TO BE STUDIED
Copyright Date
1971
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
79-132553
Dewey Decimal
741.2
Dewey Edition
20

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