Drawing lessons from the great masters / Robert Beverly Hale ; [foreword by Jacob Collins].
Faithfully producing and methodically analyzing 100 master drawings - including works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Goya, and Rembrandt among others - Hale shows how these artists tackled basic problems such as line, light and planes, mass, position and thrust, and anatomy. With detaile...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Watson-Guptill Publications,
2009.
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| Edition: | Forty-fifth anniversary edition. |
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| Summary: | Faithfully producing and methodically analyzing 100 master drawings - including works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Goya, and Rembrandt among others - Hale shows how these artists tackled basic problems such as line, light and planes, mass, position and thrust, and anatomy. With detailed analytical captions and diagrams, every lesson is clearly delineated and illustrated. Throughout, also, is commentary that sheds light on the creative process of drawing and offers deep insight into the unsurpassed achievements of the masters. |
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| Item Description: | Paperback ed. Originally published in 1964 by Watson-Guptill. "100 great drawings analyzed/figure drawing fundamentals defined"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 271 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 0823014010 9780823014019 |