Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice13 reviews Juliette Aristides Watson-Guptill, 2008 Classical Painting Atelier + A BOOK, WELL WORTH READING.........LONG OVER DUE. + Great Book! + Terrific book, a must have for any serious painter + A good general book             Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice28 reviews Juliette Aristides Watson-Guptill, 2006 Beautiful Book + A good general book + a masterpiece + Beautiful drawing + Better than most darwing books             The Painter in Oil5 reviews Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst Dover Publications, 2006 Classical painters are less dogmatic than modern artists! + Exactly what I wanted. + Old School Art Theory + A Wealth of Knowledge + Great Reprint.             Oil Painting Techniques and Materials14 reviews Harold Speed Dover Publications, 1987 A Must Read Book for the Serious Artist + Unusual ArtText + Very informative + Excellent Book + a must have for every artist.             Language of the Body3 reviews John Elderfield Harry N. Abrams, 1996 A superior draughtsman + A college Fine Arts Major's dream come true!! I've owned at least one copy of this book for many years (1997). It's by far one of my most cherished art books and unmatched by any other book of drawings I've seen. If you appreciate fine drawings and value truly superior draughtsmanship you'll want to add this to your collection. In my ...             Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch15 reviews Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999 Excellent Book + Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch + Very good Ingres book + Incredible Value + Amazing For The Price             William McGregor Paxton1 review Ellen W. Lee Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1979 William MacGregor Paxton Willim M Patxon - n,a, 1869 - 1941- this almost a forgoten artist from the 1800's is still going stronger than ever today . This book shows you the most complete vaiorus subjects and styles of works by Willaim Paxton to date. Mr.Paxtons acquaintances in the Boston School of artist, never ...             Pierre-Paul Prud'hon2 reviews Sylvain Laveissiere Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 A must have for Prud'hon fans + Pierre-Paul Prud'hon presented by the N.Y. Met. If you're a Prud'hon fan, this is a wonderful book that you should add to your collection. I've owned 2 copies of this book for years and find that I pull one out frequently. The visual contents include paintings ranging from his very early works to his final paintings, giving you a good idea of ...             Ten Lectures On Art Edward J. Poynter Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007 This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our ...             The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated (Artists' Handbook of ...25 reviews Ralph Mayer Viking Adult, 1991 the end all reference guide for artists + Artist handbook updated + Essential for teachers and anyone wanting to know those hard to answer technical art questions. If you are searching for a book that will explain materials and tools for the artist this is the first book you should turn to. I have been referencing this book for a decade now and still have a lot to learn from Ralph Mayer, a man who spent his life investigating various techniques of painting. ...             Vermeer: The Complete Works12 reviews Arthur K. Wheelock, Johannes Vermeer Harry N. Abrams, 1997 Good brief volume + A beautiful collections of paintings -- Johannes Vermeer + Also an introduction to read Fine Art + ISBN: 0894682199 is a better choice             Jacob Collins: Figures5 reviews Roger Kimball Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 2006 Very very thin booklet + Let posterity be the judge I love Jacob Collins paintings, but I was very disappointed with number of paintings in this book. I can't even call it a book, it is a small booklet. To my opinion the best paintings of Jacob Collins are missing. Otherwise - the quality of reproduction is good and it is better then nothing. I rate ...             Jean-Leon Gerome: Monographie revisee, catalogue raisonne mis a jour (Les orientalistes) (Les orientalistes) ...2 reviews Gerald M Ackerman Art Creation Realisation, 2000 Jean Leon Gerome by Gerald M. Ackerman + Jean Leon Gerome by Gerald M. Ackerman The book was delivered very quickly and in excellent condition. The book itself is excellent, I only wish in the description it had been mentioned that it was a French version, I did not see the fine print that it was in French. I purchased the book for my art school unfortunately I am the only ...             Art for Art's Sake John C. Van Dyke Book Jungle, 2007 The following lectures were delivered before the students of Princeton College, Columbia College, and Rutgers College. Their reception as lectures has led to their publication in book form. The subject with which they deal is one well calculated to arouse differences of opinion. Modern painting is so largely a matter of taste that no one, not even an artist, is allowed to ...             French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition: Selections from a Private Collection on Loan to the ... Peter Walch University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994             Charles Bargue Et Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course15 reviews Gerald Ackerman Art Creation Realisation, 2007 Charles Bargue Et Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course + incredible + DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK for anything over $100 + A definitive statement of ideals             Discourses on Art: New edition (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis)1 review Sir Joshua Reynolds Paul Mellon Centre BA, 1997 Discourses on Art This book is the definitive book on the thought behind Art. It states the thought procces, and the Art and Science dualisum of the last 600 years and the reasons behind it all. If you want to be a real artist, this is the way to go. It speaks of truth and genius. "The natural appetite or tast of ...             The Practice and Science of Drawing19 reviews Harold Speed Dover Publications, 1972 The most thorough approach you can take + A must read for any serious draughtsman. + A great foundation book This book hails from an era where people took their time and savored a more thorough approach to their craft, much unlike our present day rushed instant gratification mentality. It will take a good deal of patience to stick with this book, but it will prove a most invaluable tool to any artist, ...             Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Leonardo da Vinci with a Selection of Documents Relating to ... Yale University Press, 2001 Leonardo's writings on painting--among the most remarkable from any era--were never edited by Leonardo himself into a single coherent book. In this anthology the authors have edited material not only from his so-called Treatise on Painting but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources, some of which were here translated for the first time. The resulting volume is an ...             Language of the Body3 reviews John Elderfield Harry N. Abrams, 1996 A superior draughtsman + A college Fine Arts Major's dream come true!! I've owned at least one copy of this book for many years (1997). It's by far one of my most cherished art books and unmatched by any other book of drawings I've seen. If you appreciate fine drawings and value truly superior draughtsmanship you'll want to add this to your collection. In my ...