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Perspective for Artists
by Rex Vicat Cole

ISBN: 0486224872
Dover Publications Price: $11.95
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Depth, perspective of sky and sea, shadows, much more, not usually covered. 391 diagrams, 81 reproductions of drawings and paintings.

Table of Contents for Perspective for Artists
PART I NATURE'S PERSPECTIVE AS SEEN AND USED DAILY BY PAINTERS
I. THE PRINCIPLE OF PERSPECTIVE IN THEORY
Visual rays
Tracing on glass
Perspective terms
II. THE RULES OF PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR APPLICATION
Receding lines
III. DEPTHS
Division of lines
Inclined planes
Squares
Diagonals
IV. THE USE OF PLANS IN SKETCHING FORESHORTENED SURFACES
Squares
Pavements
Rooms
Concentric squares
V. INCLINED PLANES
Steps
Staircases
VI. INCLINED PLANES-continued
Roads
Doorways
Walls
Hayfields
Cornfields
Seashore
VII. THE CIRCLE
From below
In a square
Parallel
Concentric
VIII. THE CIRCLE-continued
Wheels
Steps
Columns
Rooms
Niches
Towers
IX. ARCHES
How to draw them
Bridges
Groined roofs
X. HOW TO DRAW CURVES BY STRAIGHT LINES
Bridges
Flowers
Foliage
Water
Heads
Figures
XI. ARCHITECTURE OF THE VILLAGE
Roofs
Gables
Windows
Chimneys
Church
Towers
Battlements
Steeple
Composite pyramid
XII. "CONCERNING DOMES, TURRETS AND STEEPLES"
Octagonal steeple on square tower
Tower and steeple
Composite Domes
XIII. PERSPECTIVE OF THE SKY AND SEA
Sky
Clouds
Smoke
Sea
Distant objects
XIV. PERSPECTIVE OF REFLECTIONS
Water
Inclined planes
Distant objects
A punt
Arches
Rippled water
In a mirror
Refraction
XV. PERSPECTIVE OF SHADOWS
From the sun
Sun in front
Sun behind
On one side
Artificial light
XVI. PAVEMENTS
"Tiles: Square, Ornamental"
Concentric squares
Octa
Hexagon
Lozenge
XVII. PERSPECTIVE OF BOATS AND SHIPPING
Guiding points for curves
The sketch plan
Correct distances
Effect of distance
XVIII. PERSPECTIVE FROM UNUSUAL POINTS OF VIEW
From a bridge
From an airship
Looking at the sky
Position of the painter
Mural painting
"Objects near to, in confined spaces"
PART II PERSPECTIVE AS PRACTISED BY OTHER NATIONS AND AT OTHER TIMES
XIX. PERSPECTIVE IN GREEK AND ROMAN AND OTHER PAINTINGS
Greek
Roman
Egyptian
Early Italian
Italian and Dutch Schools
XX. PERSPECTIVE IN SOME FRENCH AND ENGLISH PAINTINGS
Engraving
Book illustrating
Painting of ships
XXI. NOTES ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JAPANESE
PART III MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE
XXII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE: INTRODUCTION
Architecture
Plan and elevation
Heights
XXIII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE-continued
To find the depth of a house
Practical and mechanical perspective
Perspective of a ship
APPENDIX.
I. Enlarging a sketch
II. To divide a line in given proportions
III. To transfer the division of a line
To estimate the measurements of a canvas proportionately larger or smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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