Perspective for Artists

$12.95

Publication Date: 2nd April 2012

"A truly admirable book." — Bookman's Journal and Print Collector
"As a book of reference to the practicing artists who wants to solve some particular difficulty, the book could hardly be bettered." — Field
Rex Vicat Cole makes learning about perspective an enjoyable and fascinating pursuit in this clearly written and profusely illustrated book. Over 390 diagrams illustrate every aspect of the text, and more than 80 illustrations reproduce drawings and paintings — by old masters and by the author — that indicate how perspective is utilized in practice. The ... Read More

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"A truly admirable book." — Bookman's Journal and Print Collector
"As a book of reference to the practicing artists who wants to solve some particular difficulty, the book could hardly be bettered." — Field
Rex Vicat Cole makes learning about perspective an enjoyable and fascinating pursuit in this clearly written and profusely illustrated book. Over 390 diagrams illustrate every aspect of the text, and more than 80 illustrations reproduce drawings and paintings — by old masters and by the author — that indicate how perspective is utilized in practice. The ... Read More

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"A truly admirable book." — Bookman's Journal and Print Collector
"As a book of reference to the practicing artists who wants to solve some particular difficulty, the book could hardly be bettered." — Field
Rex Vicat Cole makes learning about perspective an enjoyable and fascinating pursuit in this clearly written and profusely illustrated book. Over 390 diagrams illustrate every aspect of the text, and more than 80 illustrations reproduce drawings and paintings — by old masters and by the author — that indicate how perspective is utilized in practice. The book is so well illustrated that many perspective problems can be answered without reference to the text at all.
The text itself clarifies the theory of perspective and offers numerous practice exercises. Among the topics covered are the principle of perspective in theory, the rules of perspective and their application, depths, the use of plans in sketching foreshortened surfaces, inclined planes, the circle, arches, how to draw curves by straight lines, perspective of the sky and sea, perspective of shadows, and more. Two additional sections cover perspective in the history of art and mechanical perspective.
A noted landscape painter and art instructor, Mr. Cole combines common sense with an understanding of Nature's laws to make perspective a subject that every artist can approach with confidence. Art students will also find this book extremely valuable.


Reprint of Perspective, 1921 edition.
Details
  • Price: $12.95
  • Pages: 288
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Art Instruction
  • Publication Date: 2nd April 2012
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486134543
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    ART / Techniques / General
Table of Contents
PART I NATURE'S PERSPECTIVE AS SEEN AND USED DAILY BY PAINTERS
I. THE PRINCIPLE OF PERSPECTIVE IN THEORY
Visual rays
Tracing on glass
Perspective terms
II. THE RULES OF PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR APPLICATION
Receding lines
III. DEPTHS
Division of lines
Inclined planes
Squares
Diagonals
IV. THE USE OF PLANS IN SKETCHING FORESHORTENED SURFACES
Squares
Pavements
Rooms
Concentric squares
V. INCLINED PLANES
Steps
Staircases
VI. INCLINED PLANES-continued
Roads
Doorways
Walls
Hayfields
Cornfields
Seashore
VII. THE CIRCLE
From below
In a square
Parallel
Concentric
VIII. THE CIRCLE-continued
Wheels
Steps
Columns
Rooms
Niches
Towers
IX. ARCHES
How to draw them
Bridges
Groined roofs
X. HOW TO DRAW CURVES BY STRAIGHT LINES
Bridges
Flowers
Foliage
Water
Heads
Figures
XI. ARCHITECTURE OF THE VILLAGE
Roofs
Gables
Windows
Chimneys
Church
Towers
Battlements
Steeple
Composite pyramid
XII. "CONCERNING DOMES, TURRETS AND STEEPLES"
Octagonal steeple on square tower
Tower and steeple
Composite Domes
XIII. PERSPECTIVE OF THE SKY AND SEA
Sky
Clouds
Smoke
Sea
Distant objects
XIV. PERSPECTIVE OF REFLECTIONS
Water
Inclined planes
Distant objects
A punt
Arches
Rippled water
In a mirror
Refraction
XV. PERSPECTIVE OF SHADOWS
From the sun
Sun in front
Sun behind
On one side
Artificial light
XVI. PAVEMENTS
"Tiles: Square, Ornamental"
Concentric squares
Octagonal
Hexagon
Lozenge
XVII. PERSPECTIVE OF BOATS AND SHIPPING
Guiding points for curves
The sketch plan
Correct distances
Effect of distance
XVIII. PERSPECTIVE FROM UNUSUAL POINTS OF VIEW
From a bridge
From an airship
Looking at the sky
Position of the painter
Mural painting
"Objects near to, in confined spaces"
PART II PERSPECTIVE AS PRACTISED BY OTHER NATIONS AND AT OTHER TIMES
XIX. PERSPECTIVE IN GREEK AND ROMAN AND OTHER PAINTINGS
Greek
Roman
Egyptian
Early Italian
Italian and Dutch Schools
XX. PERSPECTIVE IN SOME FRENCH AND ENGLISH PAINTINGS
Engraving
Book illustrating
Painting of ships
XXI. NOTES ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JAPANESE
PART III MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE
XXII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE: INTRODUCTION
Architecture
Plan and elevation
Heights
XXIII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE-continued
To find the depth of a house
Practical and mechanical perspective
Perspective of a ship
APPENDIX.
I. Enlarging a sketch
II. To divide a line in given proportions
III. To transfer the division of a line
To estimate the measurements of a canvas proportionately larger or smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

"A truly admirable book." — Bookman's Journal and Print Collector
"As a book of reference to the practicing artists who wants to solve some particular difficulty, the book could hardly be bettered." — Field
Rex Vicat Cole makes learning about perspective an enjoyable and fascinating pursuit in this clearly written and profusely illustrated book. Over 390 diagrams illustrate every aspect of the text, and more than 80 illustrations reproduce drawings and paintings — by old masters and by the author — that indicate how perspective is utilized in practice. The book is so well illustrated that many perspective problems can be answered without reference to the text at all.
The text itself clarifies the theory of perspective and offers numerous practice exercises. Among the topics covered are the principle of perspective in theory, the rules of perspective and their application, depths, the use of plans in sketching foreshortened surfaces, inclined planes, the circle, arches, how to draw curves by straight lines, perspective of the sky and sea, perspective of shadows, and more. Two additional sections cover perspective in the history of art and mechanical perspective.
A noted landscape painter and art instructor, Mr. Cole combines common sense with an understanding of Nature's laws to make perspective a subject that every artist can approach with confidence. Art students will also find this book extremely valuable.


Reprint of Perspective, 1921 edition.
  • Price: $12.95
  • Pages: 288
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Art Instruction
  • Publication Date: 2nd April 2012
  • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486134543
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    ART / Techniques / General
PART I NATURE'S PERSPECTIVE AS SEEN AND USED DAILY BY PAINTERS
I. THE PRINCIPLE OF PERSPECTIVE IN THEORY
Visual rays
Tracing on glass
Perspective terms
II. THE RULES OF PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR APPLICATION
Receding lines
III. DEPTHS
Division of lines
Inclined planes
Squares
Diagonals
IV. THE USE OF PLANS IN SKETCHING FORESHORTENED SURFACES
Squares
Pavements
Rooms
Concentric squares
V. INCLINED PLANES
Steps
Staircases
VI. INCLINED PLANES-continued
Roads
Doorways
Walls
Hayfields
Cornfields
Seashore
VII. THE CIRCLE
From below
In a square
Parallel
Concentric
VIII. THE CIRCLE-continued
Wheels
Steps
Columns
Rooms
Niches
Towers
IX. ARCHES
How to draw them
Bridges
Groined roofs
X. HOW TO DRAW CURVES BY STRAIGHT LINES
Bridges
Flowers
Foliage
Water
Heads
Figures
XI. ARCHITECTURE OF THE VILLAGE
Roofs
Gables
Windows
Chimneys
Church
Towers
Battlements
Steeple
Composite pyramid
XII. "CONCERNING DOMES, TURRETS AND STEEPLES"
Octagonal steeple on square tower
Tower and steeple
Composite Domes
XIII. PERSPECTIVE OF THE SKY AND SEA
Sky
Clouds
Smoke
Sea
Distant objects
XIV. PERSPECTIVE OF REFLECTIONS
Water
Inclined planes
Distant objects
A punt
Arches
Rippled water
In a mirror
Refraction
XV. PERSPECTIVE OF SHADOWS
From the sun
Sun in front
Sun behind
On one side
Artificial light
XVI. PAVEMENTS
"Tiles: Square, Ornamental"
Concentric squares
Octagonal
Hexagon
Lozenge
XVII. PERSPECTIVE OF BOATS AND SHIPPING
Guiding points for curves
The sketch plan
Correct distances
Effect of distance
XVIII. PERSPECTIVE FROM UNUSUAL POINTS OF VIEW
From a bridge
From an airship
Looking at the sky
Position of the painter
Mural painting
"Objects near to, in confined spaces"
PART II PERSPECTIVE AS PRACTISED BY OTHER NATIONS AND AT OTHER TIMES
XIX. PERSPECTIVE IN GREEK AND ROMAN AND OTHER PAINTINGS
Greek
Roman
Egyptian
Early Italian
Italian and Dutch Schools
XX. PERSPECTIVE IN SOME FRENCH AND ENGLISH PAINTINGS
Engraving
Book illustrating
Painting of ships
XXI. NOTES ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JAPANESE
PART III MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE
XXII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE: INTRODUCTION
Architecture
Plan and elevation
Heights
XXIII. MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE-continued
To find the depth of a house
Practical and mechanical perspective
Perspective of a ship
APPENDIX.
I. Enlarging a sketch
II. To divide a line in given proportions
III. To transfer the division of a line
To estimate the measurements of a canvas proportionately larger or smaller
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX