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Dictation Lessons in Drawing: For Primary Grades : to Accompany White's ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1878. The complete text is available to read online.…
An Essay on the Art of Painting on Glass from the German of Emanuel Otto Fromberg
The art of transparent painting on glass is a public domain book, originally published in 1855. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…
The Camera; Or, Art of Drawing in Water Colours: With Instructions for ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1823. The complete text is available to read online.…
Elements of Drawing and Mensuration applied to the Mechanic Arts, etc Author: DAVIES, Charles, LL.D Year: 1846 240 p. ; 12° View on Archive.org
Rudimentary treatise on the art of painting on glass or glass-staining : comprising directions for preparing the pigments and fluxes, for laying them upon the glass, and for…
A familiar treatise on the fine arts, painting, sculpture, and music Author: Holbrook, Josiah, 1788-1854 Year: 1833 277 p. ; 17 cm View on Archive.org
The art of drawing in perspective made easy to those who have no previous knowledge of the mathematics Author: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 Year: 1803 Signatures: pi² A-G⁸ H⁴ I²…
Painting in the Far East; an introduction to the history of pictorial art in Asia, especially China and Japan, by Laurence Binyon Author: Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943 Year: 1923…
Essentials of mechanical drawing Author: Smith, Leslie John, 1881- [from old catalog] Year: 1917 vi p., 1 l., 20 cm View on Archive.org
The Essentials of Aesthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1906. The complete text is available to read online.…
The essentials of æsthetics in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture is a public domain book, originally published in 1839. The complete text is available to read…
The essentials of aesthetics in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture Author: Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 Year: 1906 xix, 404 p. 21 cm View on Archive.org
Note-book on plane geometrical drawing : with a chapter on scales, and an introduction to graphic statics is a public domain book, originally published in 1895. The complete…
The guide book of painting and varnishing. Author: James B. Sipe and Co. Year: 1929 76 p., ill., 28 cm, trade catalog View on Archive.org
The cicerone: an art guide to painting in Italy for the use of travellers and students; is a public domain book, originally published in 1818. The complete text is available to…
1855 edition of A guide to painting on glass, by H. Bielfeld. Digitisation funded by V&A Americas Foundation through the generosity of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. This…
A Manual of Tempera-Painting Author: Maxwell Armfield Year: 1930 View on Archive.org
A teachers' manual to accompany graded drawing and construction books ... Author: [Aniol, Dorothy O'Reilly] [from old catalog] Year: 1913 v. 17 cm View on Archive.org
A manual of elocution, adapted and arranged for the class-room, drawing-room, and the platform with rules and exercises Author: Forsyth, John, teacher of elocution Year: 1903…
A manual of engineering drawing for students and draftsmen Author: French, Thomas Ewing, 1871-1944 Year: 1911 "Bibliography of allied subjects": p. 274-280 View on Archive.org
Teachers Manual: The Prang Complete Course in Form-Study and Drawing Author: John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks, Walter S. Perry Year: 1894 View on Archive.org
Trowel, chisel & brush, a concise manual of architecture, sculpture & painting, ancient and modern is a public domain book, originally published in 1884. The complete text is…
Drawing guide; manual of instruction in industrial drawing, designed to accompany industrial drawing series. .. Author: Willson, Marcius, 1813-1905 Year: 1873 205 p View on…
Graphics : a manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families Author: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860, author Year: 1838 96, 5 pages : 19 cm View on Archive.org
french art classic and contemporary painting and sculpture
Catalogue of Objects in the Museum: Sculpture and Painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1898. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
A treatise on painting Author: Cennini, Cennino, 15th century Year: 1844 27 View on Archive.org
The psychology of drawing, with special reference to laboratory teaching Author: Ayer, Fred Carleton Year: 1916 26 View on Archive.org
Projects for beginning woodwork and mechanical drawing is a public domain book, originally published in 1874. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated…
Elements of mechanical drawing Author: Sullivan, Christine [Gordon]. [from old catalog] Year: 1893 75 p. 19 cm View on Archive.org
The hand-book of the elements of painting in oil is a public domain book, originally published in 1842. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with…
Synopsis of history, with special reference to architecture, painting, sculpture and the derivative arts .. Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Year: 1922 folder ([16] p.) 16 cm…
Christ Before Pilate, the Painting by Munkacsy: A Description of the Picture, a Sketch of the ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1887. The complete text is…
A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments : Third Edition Author: William Ford Stanley Year: 1868 270 p., illus., 18.6 cm, trade catalog View on Archive.org
The artist's chromatic hand-book. Being a practical treatise on pigments; their properties and uses in painting. To which is added a few remarks on vehicles and varnishes…
Prohibition of the use of white lead in painting. Item III(b) of the agenda Author: International Labour Office Year: 1921 33 p. ; 22 cm View on Archive.org