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Guide for Drawing the Acanthus, and Every Description of Ornamental Foliage

Guide for Drawing the Acanthus, and Every Description of Ornamental Foliage is a public domain book, originally published in 1886. The complete text is available to read online.…

Guide to the art of illuminating and missal painting

Guide to the art of illuminating and missal painting Author: Audsley, W. (William), b. 1833 Year: 1861 72 p., 8 leaves of plates : 19 cm View on Archive.org

Drawing and manual training in Punjab schools

Drawing and manual training in Punjab schools Author: Buchanan, J. Y. (John Young), 1844-1925 Year: 1918 2 p.l., iii, 24 [2] p., 25 cm View on Archive.org

Constructive drawing. A text-book for home instruction, high schools, manual training schools, technical schools and universitie

Constructive drawing. A text-book for home instruction, high schools, manual training schools, technical schools and universities Author: Hanstein, Herman. [from old catalog]…

The workman’s manual of engineering drawing

The workman’s manual of engineering drawing Author: Maxton, John Year: 1880 View on Archive.org

Plan and graded programme of instruction in drawing for the public schools of Massachusetts of the primary, grammar, and high school grades. 1880

Plan and graded programme of instruction in drawing for the public schools of Massachusetts of the primary, grammar, and high school grades. 1880 Author: Smith, Walter Year…

Drawing in the Public Schools: A Manual for Teachers

Drawing in the Public Schools: A Manual for Teachers is a public domain book, originally published in 1893. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with…

Free-hand Drawing: A Manual for Teachers and Students

Free-hand Drawing: A Manual for Teachers and Students is a public domain book, originally published in 1898. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated…

Catalogue of the Objects in the Museum: Sculpture and Painting

Catalogue of the Objects in the Museum: Sculpture and Painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1896. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…

A catalogue and price-list of drawing instruments

A catalogue and price-list of drawing instruments Author: Alteneder, Theodore & sons, Philadelphia. [from old catalog] Year: 1892 PREMARC/SERLOC merged record View on Archive.org

Priced catalogue of artists' materials ... and drawing materials / F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Co.

Priced catalogue of artists' materials ... and drawing materials / F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Co. Author: F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds Company Year: 1892 [8], 320 p. : ill. ; 24…

Catalogue of the English, German, French, and Italian chromos, lithographs, engravings, oil paintings, decalomanie, drawing-books, &c., &c., &c. of the importation and publication of Max Jacoby & Zeller.

Catalogue of the English, German, French, and Italian chromos, lithographs, engravings, oil paintings, decalomanie, drawing-books, &c., &c., &c. of the importation and…

Course of Study in Drawing in the Elementary School, School of Education, the University of Chicago. IV

"Course of Study in Drawing in the Elementary School, School of Education, the University of Chicago. IV" is an article from The Elementary School Journal, Volume 17 . View more…

A compendious treatise of anatomy, adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture

A compendious treatise of anatomy, adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture Author: Tinney, John, 1706? -1761 Year: 1833 3 unnumbered leaves, 10 plates…

Elementary Geography: Taught by Means of Pictures, Maps, Chars, Diagrams, Map Drawing and ...

Elementary Geography: Taught by Means of Pictures, Maps, Chars, Diagrams, Map Drawing and ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1883. The complete text is…

A compendium of picturesque anatomy : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, sculpture, and engraving on four portfolio lithographic plates in which are combined the osteology and myology of the human figure, in a manner especially adapted to the…

A compendium of picturesque anatomy : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, sculpture, and engraving on four portfolio lithographic plates in which are combined the…

Notes on practical mechanical drawing, written for the use of the students in general engineering drawing in the University of Illinois

Notes on practical mechanical drawing, written for the use of the students in general engineering drawing in the University of Illinois Author: Wilson, Victor Tyson, 1864- [from…

Painting on china: what to paint and how to paint it; a hand-book of practical instruction in overglaze painting for amateurs in the decoration of hard porcelain

Painting on china: what to paint and how to paint it; a hand-book of practical instruction in overglaze painting for amateurs in is a public domain book, originally published in…

The seven lamps of architecture; also, Lectures on architecture and painting; The study of architecture; Sesame and lilies; Unto this last; The queen of the air; The storm-cloud of the nineteenth century

The seven lamps of architecture; also, Lectures on architecture and painting; The study of architecture; Sesame and lilies; Unto this last; The queen of the air; The storm-cloud…

The Spanish masters; an outline of the history of painting in Spain

The Spanish masters; an outline of the history of painting in Spain Author: Washburn, Emelyn W Year: 1884 4 p. ., 194 p. 21 cm View on Archive.org

Descriptive geometry, as applied to the drawing of fortification and sterotomy. For the use of the cadets of the U.S. Military academy

Descriptive geometry, as applied to the drawing of fortification and sterotomy. For the use of the cadets of the U.S. Military a is a public domain book, originally published in…

Linear perspective : for the use of schools and students in drawing

Linear perspective : for the use of schools and students in drawing Author: Ropes, Joseph Year: 1868 1 View on Archive.org

Lectures on Painting Delivered at the Royal Academy

Lectures on Painting Delivered at the Royal Academy is a public domain book, originally published in 1866. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with…

Surveying, with sections on map reading, military sketching and topographic drawing

Surveying, with sections on map reading, military sketching and topographic drawing Author: United States. War Dept. Committee on Education and Special Training Year: 1919 33…

The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners

The Elements of Drawing: In Three Letters to Beginners is a public domain book, originally published in 1857. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated…

Original treatises, dating from the XIIth to the XVIIIth centuries, [o]n the arts of painting : in oil, miniature, mosaic, and on glass ; of gilding, dyeing, and the preparation of colours and artificial gems ; preceded by a general introduction ; with…

Original treatises, dating from the XIIth to the XVIIIth centuries, [o]n the arts of painting : in oil, miniature, mosaic, and o is a public domain book, originally published in…

Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting

Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting

Epochs of the arts: including hints on the use and progress of painting and sculpture in Great Britain

Epochs of the arts: including hints on the use and progress of painting and sculpture in Great Britain Author: Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834 Year: 1813 xxxv, [1] p., 1 leaf, [3] 365…

The Science of Painting

The Science of Painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1892. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Science…

Painting popularly explained ... with historical sketches of the progress of the art

Painting popularly explained ... with historical sketches of the progress of the art is a public domain book, originally published in 1873. The complete text is available to…

Painting Popularly Explained: Including Fresco, Water-glass, Oil, Tempera, Mosaic, Encaustic ...

Painting Popularly Explained: Including Fresco, Water-glass, Oil, Tempera, Mosaic, Encaustic ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1864. The complete text is…

Exhibition of contemporary art of Soviet Russia : painting, graphic, sculpture

Exhibition of contemporary art of Soviet Russia : painting, graphic, sculpture Author: Amtorg Trading Corporation, New York Year: 1929 36 unnumbered pages, 35 unnumbered pages…

Drawing for Builders: A Problem Course in Architectural Drawing

Drawing for Builders: A Problem Course in Architectural Drawing is a public domain book, originally published in 1916. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…

The Art of Mural Painting

"The Art of Mural Painting" is an article from The Collector and Art Critic, Volume 3 . View more articles from The Collector and Art Critic . View this article on JSTOR . View…

Machine Drawing: The Principles of Graphic Expression as Illustrated by ...

Machine Drawing: The Principles of Graphic Expression as Illustrated by ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1910. The complete text is available to read online.…

The Art of Furnishing. III. The Drawing-Room

"The Art of Furnishing. III. The Drawing-Room" is an article from The Art Amateur, Volume 3 . View more articles from The Art Amateur . View this article on JSTOR . View this…

First lessons in phonetic word-painting, or logigrafi

First lessons in phonetic word-painting, or logigrafi Author: Chase, Charles C. [from old catalog] Year: 1881 24 p. 22 cm View on Archive.org

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