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by Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield
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ISBN: 0486441431 Dover Publications Price: $5.95 |
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Among the first books to provide art students with instructions for correctly drawing perspective outlines, this classic reference clearly demonstrates the principles of light and shade by revealing the effects of common daylight, sunshine, and candle or artificial light on geometrical solids. 13 plates of illustrations.
Unabridged republication of Handbook of Light and Shade, Sixteenth Edition, published by George Rowney and Company, London, 1890-1899.
Table of Contents for Light and Shade: A Classic Approach to Three-Dimensional Drawing
| The Preface | |||||||
| Introductory Remarks | |||||||
| Lesson 1 General Principles | |||||||
| Lesson 2 Of the Light under which objects are viewed, and of their Shadows | |||||||
| Lessons 3-7 The Cube | |||||||
| Lesson 8 Aerial Perspective | |||||||
| Lesson 9 The Prism and Inclined Planes | |||||||
| Lesson 10 The Pyramid | |||||||
| Lesson 11 The Cylinder | |||||||
| Lesson 12 The Sphere | |||||||
| Lesson 13 The Oval, or Egg Shape | |||||||
| Lesson 14 The Cone | |||||||
| Lesson 15 The Perspective of Shadows | |||||||
| Conclusion |