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This volume is both a manual for contemporary artists and a historical work covering the period from the late Middle Ages to the mid-20th century. It presents the old masters' techniques and provides specific directions for making inks, styluses, reed and quill pens, and fabricated chalks, as well as instructions for preparing grounds for metalpoint drawings. It comprises a body of knowledge that should be useful to artists, students of art history, curators, and collectors.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Very nice
5 July 2002
Format:Paperback
This book was a very useful and resourceful book for me. Any body interested in the historical perspective of materials will want this book in there library. The Author provides valuable information about caulks, pastels, crayons, inks, pens, quills, metal points, and intaglio. The most interesting information the book provided me was recipes for each tool and medium. The author quoted many recipes from old text and sources and then presented more general recipes. One can expect to find the time and region in which these materials and recipes would have been most frequently used.
The information is of great value for a historic perspective on materials and reproducing them. The book is well worth its price. My only complaint is that the book "The craft of old master drawings" doesn't detail information about supports and papers. Despite finding this an intriguing yet disappointing exclusion in a discussion about traditional drawing materials I still give the book five stars for every thing else.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Classic reedited
2 April 2009
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This is a classic in matters of old master's crafts. Wonderful to have it reedited and at an accesible price. Contains detailed history and modern testing of the materials used by artists from the Middle Ages up to the IX century. Well chosen illutrations demonstrate the effects achieved. Some of the indications as to where one can adquire materials, such as hematite or quills, are unfortunately out of date, but a wise use of Internet can yield solutions.
well worth it!
31 Dec 2011
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A friend of mine had a copy of this book that she used as a text book approximately 30 years ago. It is filled with exactly what it says...historical drawing techniques as well as recipes and keen insight into the materials used by the great masters. This is a wonderful book for those of us who are medieval re-enactors, and who are wanting to teach and demonstrate the authentic methods to a modern audience.
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