ARTISTS' MANUALS
(How To Do It Books)
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ART
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Herbert Sanders, CULT OF THE PASTEL, London 1920 |
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Studio How to Draw series 1952 a list of titles (single) |
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J.J.Lankes, A Woodcut Manual 1932 |
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Cecil Bacon, Scraperboard Drawing, 1951 |
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Arthur W. Dow, Composition 1913 (1899) |
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Kimon Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw, 1941 |
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Arthur Zaidenberg, Anyone can Draw, 1939 |
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J.H.Vanderpoel, The Human Figure, 1922 |
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Edward Billin, Drawing on Scraperboard, 1952 (complete) |
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Percy Bradshaw, I Wish I Could Draw, 1949 |
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Austin Cooper, Making a Poster, 1945 |
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Adolph Dehn, How to Draw and Print Lithographs, 1950 |
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Adolphe Armand Braun, Folds, Faces and Figures 1928 |
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Pencil Drawing for Fun 1955, Fawcett Publishing |
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Ashley Havinden, Line Drawing for Reproduction, 1949 |
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Anton Refregier, Natural Figure Drawing, 1960 (1948) |
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Cyril Farey, Architectural Drawing, 1949 |
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J.M.Papillon, Traité Historiques de la gravure en bois, Paris 1766 |
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Abraham Bosse, Traités des Manieres de Graver...Paris 1645 |
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Bernard Sleigh, Wood Engraving 1932 |
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Eric Watson, Life Drawing Made Easy undated c1948 |
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Paul Hogarth, Drawing Architecture 1979 |
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Albert O. Halse, Architectural Rendering, 1960 |
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Hans Mueller, Wood Cuts and Wood Engraving 1939 |
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E.J.Sullivan, Line, 1922 |
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John Austen, The ABC of Pen and Ink Rendering 1937 |
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Eric Hobbs, Drawing for Advertising, 1956 |
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George Leech, Magazine Illustration, The Art Director's Point of View, 1939 complete |
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Alexander Murray, How To Draw , 1932 selected plates |
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Carradori, the first manual for sculptors, Florence 1802 (single) |
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Mattioli, Primi Elementi... Bolgna 1728, an early drawing manual single |
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M.C.Cuzner, Drawing without Drudgery, Pitman 1935 |
GENERAL SECTIONS
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Perspective general Menu |
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Colour Books (Chris Mullen's collection) |
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Artists' Correspondence Courses |
PERSPECTIVE
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P. Le Dubreuil, La Perspective pratique, 1642 |
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Norling on Perspective 1929a and c1955 |
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Fuller, Perspectives to Scale 1952 |
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Andrea Pozzo Perspective in Architecture and Painting 1707 |
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Andrea Pozzo , Perspective (initials) |
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Gallery of Classic Plates |
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Albert Muhlemann, Observation & Dessin, 1926 |
TRADE CATALOGUES FOR ARTISTS
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Dacres Rabjohns Drawing Equipment |
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GRAPHIC - LETTERING/COMIC- ADVERTISING
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E.G.Lutz, Practical Graphic Figures, 1925 |
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Calligraphy Wyss Copying Book, for Schools |
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Calligraphy GENERAL MENU |
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Vere Foster's New Civil Service Copy Book undated c1895 |
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Friend and Hefter, Graphic Design 1936 |
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L.Doust, A Manual of Caricature and Cartoon Drawing, 1936 |
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Louis Valentine, How to Be a Lightning Cartoonist, c1950 |
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R.Taylor, Introduction to Cartooning, 1947 |
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Erdmann & Braun, Decorative Writing and the Arrangement of Lettering c1922 |
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James Gardner, Drawing for Advertising, 1938 |
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Will Clemence, Manual of Postercraft , c1930 |
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Frank Reynolds, Humorous Drawing for the Press, 1947 |
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Edgar Bond , Showcard Layout and Design , 1932 |
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Gene Byrnes, A Complete Guide to Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning and Painting 1948 |
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Richard Taylor, An Introduction to Cartooning, 1947 |
music
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Thomas Mace, Musick's Monument 1676 |
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Peter Prelleur, The Modern Music Master or Universal Musician, 1731 Michael Pretorius, Syntagma Musicum, Wittemburg and Wolfenbuttel, 1615 - 1620; Hans mersenne. Harmonie Universelle, Paris, 1637/8 |
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design and DIY
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Mary Davis Gillies, Popular Home Decoration , 1948 (1940) |
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Allen Seaby, Pattern without Pain , 1948 |
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E.Davidson, A Practical Manual of Housepainting, Graining, Marbling 1986 |
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Alan Smith, Fabric Printing, 1953 |
SINGLE PLATES FROM MANUALS
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HANS BEHAM , ART MANUAL (HEADS) , 1546 |
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JOST AMMAN , PATTERN BOOK FOR ARTISTS , 1579 |
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BARDON, COSTUMES OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLES, PARIS 1772-4 |
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These examples are chosen for the ways in which technical and aesthetic information about aspects of art are communicated to a receptive audience.
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