The Art and Craft of Drawing [Facsimile] [Hardcover]

Vernon Blake (Author)

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Hardcover: 414 pages
Publisher: Hacker Art Books; Facsimile edition edition (Mar 1975)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0878170391
ISBN-13: 978-0878170395
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,657,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars About This Book..., 14 Nov 2011

By Theseus "theseus" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: The Art and Craft of Drawing (Hardcover)

The Hacker Art Books 1971 edition is a facsimile reprint of Blake's crucial 1927 tome on drawing, released by Oxford in 1927.

Here's the elegant, word-heavy and positively 19th century subtitle for the book: "A Study Both of the Practice of Drawing and of Its Aesthetic Theory as Understood Among Different Peoples and at Different Epochs; Especial Reference Being Made to the Construction of the Human Form from the Practial Draughtsman's Point of View".

This bit of prose emphasizes that Blake's book is historical the examples it uses, but fails to communicate just what a deliciously practical book this is. Indeed, Vernon Blake's work has been broken up into smaller bits and reprinted in various titles over the years.

414 pp of heavy, creamy stock; b&w illustrations. 3.5 pounds.

Anatomical Index and General Index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Relations Between Composition and Drawing
Technical Methods

Mass Equilibrium
Perspective

The Main Masses of the Human Body
Values
Anatomy and Form
Construction of the Human Frame

Landscape-Drawing
"Primitive" Drawing

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