On Drawing Trees and Nature

James Duffield Harding

ISBN 10: 0486442934 / ISBN 13: 9780486442938

Published by Dover Publications Inc., US, 2005

About this Item

Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, whose sketches of vignettes from natural settings are accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. This edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.

Seller Inventory # LU-9780486442938

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Drawing Trees and Nature
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., US
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486442934
• ISBN 13: 9780486442938
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 535 grams

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Synopsis

This classic of art instruction is the work of James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), who served as drawing master and sketching companion to the great Victorian art critic, John Ruskin. Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, who sought always to "produce as near a likeness to Nature, in every respect, as the instrument, or material employed, will admit of; not so much by bona fide imitation, as by reviving in the mind those ideas which are awakened by a contemplation of Nature . . . The renewal of those feelings constitutes the true purpose of Art."
This volume consists of direct reproductions of Harding's sketches of vignettes from natural settings. Each is accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. The edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.