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Modern technical drawing, a handbook describing in detail the preparation of working drawings, with special attention to oblique and circle-on-circle work, orthographic…
Handbook of light and shade, with especial reference to model drawing Author: Merrifield, Mary P. (Mary Philadelphia), 1804 or 1805-1889 Year: 1880 Advertisement on p. [45]…
Handbook of painting. The German, Flemish, and Dutch schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler is a public domain book, originally published in 1808. The complete text is…
Handbook of foliage and foreground drawing is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…
A handbook of the history of painting, tr. by a lady M. Hutton ed., with notes, by C.L. Eastlake
Progressive steps in architectural drawing Author: Seaman George W Year: 1919 63 p 26 cm View on Archive.org
The development of the Italian schools of painting Author: Marle Raimond van 1888 1936 Year: 1923 26 View on Archive.org
Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing Author: Hodgson Fred T Frederick Thomas 1836 1919 Year: 1911 2 v in 1 351 viii 262 p 20 cm View on Archive.org
"Progressive Lessons for Beginners in China Painting II" is an article from The Decorator and Furnisher Volume 15 View more articles from The Decorator and Furnisher View this…
A course of sepia painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1883. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Course…
Elements of mechanical drawing .. Author: Jamison, Alpha P. [from old catalog] Year: 1903 1 v View on Archive.org
Elements of Machine Construction and Drawing: Or, Machine Drawing, with Some ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read…
Genre painting.--Rembrandt.--De Hooch and Van der Meer and Nicholas Maes.--Terburg and Metsu.--Jan Steen.--Ostade, Teniers and Brekelenkamp.--The petty…
Elements of descriptive geometry, with applications to isometrical drawing and cavalier projection Author: MacCord, Charles William, 1836-1915 Year: 1914 14 View on Archive.org
Elements of drawing, in two parts : embracing exercises for the slate and blackboard Author: Clark, John Year: 1853 1 View on Archive.org
Pre-Raphaelitism; Lectures on architecture & painting, &c. Author: John Ruskin Year: 1920 View on Archive.org
The art of drawing for profit [microform] : a hand book explanatory of the courses of instruction in modern practical art Author: Shaw Correspondence School (Toronto, Ont.)…
Introductory, some early painters.--On lighting and arrangement.--On colour.--Titian, Valasquez, and Rembrandt.--On landscape and open-air painting.--On realism and impressionism
Hints on modern house painting : with a brief description of the uses of asbestos. Author: H. W. Johns Manufacturing Co. Year: 1886 [16] p. : ill. (some col.), col. sample ; 15…
Drawing Simplified.: A Text-book of Form Study and Drawing. is a public domain book, originally published in 1892. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
The teaching of drawing and use of blackboard illustrations Author: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 Year: 1872 There is no title-page View on Archive.org
"Lectures on Painting, Lecture L" is an article from The Crayon, Volume 1 . View more articles from The Crayon . View this article on JSTOR . View this article's JSTOR metadata…
Notes on mechanical drawing Author: Fry, Horace Pugh. [from old catalog] Year: 1916 82 p. 24 cm View on Archive.org
Mechanical Drawing: A Treatise on the Drawing of Mechanisms and Machine Details is a public domain book, originally published in 1920. The complete text is available to read…
Architectural sketching and drawing in perspective, with thirty-six plates, illustrating the drawing of architectural details an is a public domain book, originally published in…
Mechanical graphics. An educational course on the theory and practice of mechanical drawing Author: Willson, Frederick Newton, 1855-1939 Year: 1890 43 p. 31 x 25 cm View on…
Elements of lettering and sign painting; Author: International Correspondence Schools Year: 1899 vii, [134] p. 24 cm View on Archive.org
Elements of machine construction and drawing: or, Machine drawing, with some elements of descriptive and rational cinematics Author: Warren, S. Edward (Samuel Edward), 1831-1909…
"Letters on Landscape Painting. Letter 1" is an article from The Crayon, Volume 1 . View more articles from The Crayon . View this article on JSTOR . View this article's JSTOR…
Practical directions for portrait painting in water colours is a public domain book, originally published in 1804. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
A Familiar Treatise on the Fine Arts: Embracing Painting, Sculpture, and ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1837. The complete text is available to read…
Anecdotes of the arts in England, or, Comparative remarks on architecture, sculpture, and painting, chiefly illustrated by specimens at Oxford Author: Dallaway, James, 1763-1834…
The art of botanical drawing Author: Burbidge, F. W. (Frederick William), 1847-1905, author Year: 1873 63 pages, 8 leaves of unnumbered plates : 18 cm View on Archive.org
The art of miniature painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1852. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Art…
A practical treatise on painting in three parts consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring Author: Burnet, John, 1784-1868, author Year: 1830 Spine title: A…
A treatise on painting Author: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Year: 1802 "The life of Leonardo da Vinci": p. [xiii]-lxxiv View on Archive.org
Aesthetic manual, to accompany the aesthetic series of drawing books and to be used independently Author: Thompson, L. S Year: 1893 ix, 137 p., 8 pl. 8vo View on Archive.org