DRAWING MANUAL BY THOMAS EAKINS, - FOSTER, Kathleen A. ( ed. );
KORTE INHOUD
The historic publication of Thoman Eakin's manual on drawing, revealing his unique personality and teaching philosophy
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2005Uitgever: New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2005125 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300108478ISBN-13: 9780300108477Koop dit boek tweedehands
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While a teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the celebrated American artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) prepared a drawing manual for his students. The manuscript developed out of his famous lectures at the Academy on linear perspective, mechanical drawing, reflections, and sculptural relief and included illustrations by the artist. Following his forced resignation from the Academy in 1886, Eakins abandoned plans to publish the manual, and the parts were dispersed. Today, drafts of the manusc...
