A HANDBOOK SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN DRAWING CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9781331994251 Géneros: PBM Sinópsis: Excerpt from A Handbook Systematic Instruction in DrawingA drawing can never be anything but an arrange ment of linesThe arrangement of lines constituting a drawing can never be anything but a copy of another arrange ment of lines which constitutes its subjectThe arrangement of lines which constitutes the real subject of a drawing can never be anything but an image in the mindThe image which constitutes the real subject of a drawing can never be wholly original but is derived more or less from something else which it is sometimes like and sometimes unlike It may be derived from another drawing or print in which case the image which is the real subject of the drawing will be a facsimile of that from which it is derived it may be derived from an object in which case it may be no more like that from which it is derived than a straight line is like a circle or it may be a pure invention in which case it will be derived from many different things and be a facsimile of no one of themAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works