Foundations of Drawing

A Gury (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2017
Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-307-98718-1 (ISBN)

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Foundations of Drawing is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the history, aesthetics, methods and materials of the drawing medium. Clearly defined demonstrations provide easy access to the practice of drawing as well as the history and development of core drawing techniques. Richly illustrated, the book contains reproductions of the finest master drawings from the fifteenth century to the present. Unlike other drawing instruction books, Foundations of Drawing provides readers with the context and background to help understand just why these materials and methods are so vital for successful drawing.

Al Gury chairs the painting department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he also teaches drawing. Gury exhibits his work at numerous galleries and museums around the country.

CONTENTS

Introduction 4
What Is Drawing? 4
Anyone Can Learn to Draw 8
"Why Can't I Draw a Straight Line?" 8

1 Essential History of Drawing 11
Beginnings in Prehistory 12
The Ancient World 14
The Medieval World 15
The Renaissance 17
The Baroque 20
The Nineteenth Century 21
Beginnings of the Modern Era 26
The Modern World 29
Contemporary Growth and Challenges 33
Today 35

2 Essential Drawing Materials 37
Drawing Mediums 38
Drawing Tools 68
Paper 74
The Drawing Studio-Furniture and Equipment 81
Storage, Presentation, and Conservation of Drawings 84

3 Essential Drawing Skills 87
Holding Drawing Tools 88
Measuring 90
Blending and Erasing 95
Methods of Drawing 95
Types of Line 101
Hatching and Other Descriptive Marks 106
Shape 108
Depth and Perspective 113
Closed versus Open Form 118
Planes 122
Tonality, Light, and Shade 122
Texture 128
Composition and the Compositional Frame 128

4 Essential Aesthetics in Drawing 149
Classicism 152
Realism 153
Abstraction 154
Expressionism 158

5 Essential Drawing Demonstrations 161
Drawing Still Lifes 163
Drawing Interiors and Architecture 174
Drawing Portraits 182
Drawing the Human Figure 191

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 255 mm
Gewicht	826 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
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	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Malen / Zeichnen
ISBN-10	0-307-98718-3 / 0307987183
ISBN-13	978-0-307-98718-1 / 9780307987181
Zustand	Neuware