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| 12C.+ |
Original
Treatises Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts
of Painting, by Mary P. Merrifield, Pub. 1849. Vol.
1 Vol.
2 |
| 1685 |
Choice
Observations Upon the Art of Painting, by William Aglionby |
| 1769-90 |
Discourses,
by Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| 1839 |
The
Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours & Their Applications
to the Arts, etc, by M. E. Chevreul. 3rd ed. 1860, transl. Charles
Martel |
| 1846 |
The
Art of Fresco Painting, by Mary P. Merrifield |
| 1858 |
The
American Drawing-Book, by John Gadsby Chapman (rev. from
1847) |
| 1870 |
Handbook
For Young Painters, by Charles Robert Leslie |
| 1879 |
Modern
Chromatics, by Ogden N. Rood |
| 1880 |
Talks
on Art, by William Morris Hunt |
| 1898 |
The
Painter In Oil: A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique
Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors, by Daniel
Burleigh Parkhurst |
| 1903 |
Pictorial
Composition, by Henry Rankin Poore |
| 1905 |
A
Color Notation, by Albert H. Munsell |
| 1907 |
The
Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour, by Alfred East |
| 1907 |
A
Theory of Pure Design, by Denman Waldo Ross |
| 1909 |
Landscape
Painting, by Birge Harrison. 8th ed, 1920 |
| 1910 |
The
Practice of Oil Painting and of Drawing as Associated With it,
by Solomon J. Solomon |
| 1911 |
Notes
on the Science of Picture Making, by C. J. Holmes |
| 1912 |
On
Drawing and Painting, by Denman Waldo Ross |
| 1913 |
Color
Balance Illustrated: An Introduction to the Munsell System, by
Albert H. Munsell |
| 1913 |
A
Treatise on Art in Three Parts, by John Burnet |
| 1917 |
Concerning
Painting, by Kenyon Cox |
| 1919 |
The
Painter’s Palette, by Denman Waldo Ross |
| 1920 |
Constructive Anatomy, by George B. Bridgman |
| 1922 |
Sketching
and Rendering in Pencil, by Arthur Leighton Guptill |
| 1922 |
Line,
by Edmund J. Sullivan |
| 1927 |
The
Art of Illustration, by Edmund J. Sullivan [DjVU] |
| 1939 |
The
Human Machine, by George B. Bridgman |
| 1939 |
Fun
With A Pencil, by Andrew Loomis |
| 1943 |
Figure
Drawing For All It's Worth, by Andrew Loomis |
| 1947 |
Creative
Illustration, by Andrew Loomis |
| 1951 |
Successful
Drawing, by Andrew Loomis |
| 1956 |
Drawing
the Head and Hands, by Andrew Loomis |
| 1961 |
The
Eye of The Painter and The Elements of Beauty, by Andrew Loomis |
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