Great craftsman and biographer's full, readable discussions of architecture — orders, pavements, planning and design, etc.; sculpture — modelling in wax and clay, tools and materials used in marble carving, reliefs, bronze figures, etc.; painting — foreshortening, coloring, fresco, tempera, gilding, stained glass windows, niello work, etc. 29 illustrations.
Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake Greek and Roman art methods, medieval techniques, tempera painting, van Eyck's revolutionary use of oil paints, Flemish methods of preparing colors, methods of 18th-century British artists, and much more.
A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo da Vinci, John Francis Rigaud The principal repository of da Vinci's practical thoughts on the technique of drawing and painting. Precise instructions on drawing the human, techniques of rendering motion, perspective, composition, the expression of various emotions, more.
The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield Recognized authority in the field discusses painting methods used by such masters as Alberti, Cennini, Vasari, and Borghini; also comments on causes of fresco destruction and how to restore works of art.
The Craftsman’s Handbook by Cennino Cennini Fifteenth-century handbook, written by a working artist of the day, reveals techniques of the masters in drawing, oil painting, frescoes, panel painting, gilding, casting, more. Direct link to artists of Middle Ages.
