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Synopsis
The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. More than 260 figures.
Synopsis
The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. More than 260 figures.
Synopsis
The essential guide to rendering perspective, this classic manual uses a series of illustrated exercises and explanations to help artists and students master one of art's greatest challenges. More than 260 figures.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. General Directions
II. Pencil Measurement and the Picture Plane
III. The Ellipse
IV. A Cylinder and a Cylindrical Object
V. An Object above the Eye and the Cone Principle
VI. A Cream Jug
VII. A Time Study
VIII. A Group of Cylindrical Objects
IX. Cylindrical Objects Grouped with Fruit
X. A Group of Objects from Memory or Invention
XI. The Cylinder Cone and Ball Grouped--A Problem for Original Study
XII. The Study of Straight Line Objects
XIII. Drawing the Book in Two Positions
XIV. The Book with a Cylindrical Object
XV. The Cylinder and Rectangular Block--A Problem for Original Study
XVI. The Further Study of Straight-Line Objects--A Cube at Angles with the Picture Plane
XVII. The Cube in Two Different Positions
XVIII. A Book at Angles to the Picture Plane
XIX. Two Books at Different Angles to the Picture Plane
XX. The Actual Center of the Circle and Measurement into the Picture by Parallel Lines
XXI. Books with a Cylindrical Object
XXII. The Study and Drawing of a House
XXIII. A Building from the Photograph or a Print
XXIV. Type Forms Helpful in Understanding the House--The Square Frame
XXV. The Square Pyramid and Square Plinth
XXVI. The Square Frame Leaning on the Rectangular Block--A Problem for Original Study
XXVII. Cylindrical Objects when not Vertical
XXVIII. A Group of Flower Pots
XXIX. The Circular Frame in a Square Frame
XXX. A Round Window
XXXI. The Clock--A Problem
XXXII. The Arch
XXXIII. Interiors--A Room Parallel to the Picture Plane
XXXIV. Interiors--A Room at Angles to the Picture Plane
XXXV. Further Studies of Interiors
XXXVI. A Chair
XXXVII. The Hexagonal Plinth in Two Positions
XXXVIII. Interior with a Tiled Floor
XXXIX. The Hexagonal Prism and Frame
XL. The Triangular Prism and Frame--A Problem for Original Study
XLI. The Study of Parallel Perspective
XLII. A Street from the Photograph
XLIII. Exceptions to the Use of the Flat Picture Plane
XLIV. Shadows
XLV. Out-of-doors Work
Solutions of Problems
Index