Back in print by popular demand, The Craft of Old Master Drawings is both a useful manual for contemporary artists and a historical work covering the period from the late Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century. A comprehensive study of the techniques of drawing, it presents the old masters' techniques, tools and materials. It provides specific directions for making inks, styluses, reed and quill pens, and fabricated chalks, as well as instructions for preparing grounds for metalpoint drawings. At every step, the discussion is supplemented with illustrations from laboratory experiments and from drawings by both historical and recent artists. Of the more than sixty illustrations included, thirty-six are reproductions of master works, and among the others there are microphotographic enlargements of detail showing the differences in density and texture produced by various tools on different papers or grounds. It comprises a body of knowedge that is essential to artists, students of art history, curators, and collectors.
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James Watrous (1908-1999) was the Oskar Hagen Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 12944728-6
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 9474359-6
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. Seller Inventory # 00110946117
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0299014258A
Seller: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.
Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 594294
Seller: Books Revisited, Saint Cloud, MN, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good. softcover, minor wear, pages beginning to lightly tan and solid binding, a nice copy. Seller Inventory # 293028
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0299014258G
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN0299014258A
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&W Reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 184 pages; 2002 University of Wisconsin Press. Larger trade size paperback in pictorial covers. Snugly bound and generally neat with just mild shelf / handling evidence to cover edges. Prior owner's bookplate and neat manuscript signature to the front endpage. Just a hint of dust spotting to the top edge. Profusely illustrated with B&W reproductions. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. VG or better. Seller Inventory # 54109
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Exterior shelfwear is very minor. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 318861