Letters Designed and Cut on Linoleum Blocks by the Lettering Class of Teachers College Columbia University

(New York), Columbia College, 1920. Softcover. Stapled cotton rag paper sheets, double-leaaves and folded in the Chinese style may or may not be missing covers. 14 printed sheets in color including the title-page. Sheets measure 9.75" x 12.75" Exquisitely simple plates in basic colors, most are multi-colored. OCLC locates just 3-4 copies, no copies found for sale or in auction records. Available online, but physical copies are not to be found. Thin staples have deteriorated. Each block letter measures 6" x 6. Fair+, stapled are rusted and have failed some loss to lower right corners of most sheets from possible nibbling! Plates are far from this area however. This copy will certainly benefit from some conservation.

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Book number: 198767

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Lettering ; ;

Over Aantoonbaar Meetkundig Verband Tusschen Formaat En Compositie Van Schilderijen

Rotterdam, Gedrukt Bij T. de Vries, 1920. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover. Oversize plain paper wraps with black titles. 36, VII p. ; 25 cm. Booklet of 10 plates laid in back. VG. Fore edge of wraps are a little torn and tattered due to overhang and exterior has some foxing. Otherwise clean.

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Book number: 209108

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Geometric Relationship between Size and Composition of Paintings ; ;

An AMerican Artist" (Osborn, Laughton)

Handbook of Young Artists and Amateurs in Oil Painting

New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1848. 1st. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt border on cover, elaborate gilt design on spine, top edge gilt. xxxiii, (4), 398, (2), 6 pp. ads at rear. Discusses and details anything and everything concerning techniques utilzed during the production of Fine Art. A scarce first edition of this book, which would go on to be reprinted many times. Contents from Title-page: (from t. p.) I. Materials and implements of the art -- II. Certain matters holding a middle place between the materials and practice -- III. The first-palette, or deadcoloring -- IV. The second or finishing palette -- V. The painting of draperies -- VI. Landscapepainting -- VII. The varnishing, cleaning, repairing, and lining of pictures. Fair+, tears and minor losses to spine extremities, inner front and rear hinges weak, a reading copy only with significant foxing throughout .

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Book number: 172728

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique; Decorative Art; Ornamentation ; Art Technique ; Decorative Art ; Ornamentation

Arnheim, Rudolf

Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1954. Hardcover. A black casebound book with a blue fabric spine with silver text. x, 408 pages; illustrated in both color and black-and-white. VG-: Missing dust jacket. Wear to the edges and corners. Wear to the spine. Small tears in the fabric at the top and bottom of the spine. Clean body pages and solid binding.

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Book number: 208464

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Visual Perception ; ;

Ars Libri, Ltd

Modern Art

Boston, Ars Libri, 1994. Softcover. Glossy illustrated wraps. 60 pages : illustrations (some color). Catalog #101. Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-60). VG .

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Book number: 182897

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique; Modern Art ; Modern Art ; ;

Bammes, Gottfried

Die Gestalt Des Menschen: Lehr- Und Handbuch Der Künstleranatomie

Wiesbaden, Englisch Verlag. Hardcover. A black casebound book. There is a beige dust jacket with the title in black down the spine. Pages: (4), 5-473, (1). Profusely illustrated with a majority black-and-white images. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on title page. Sticker on back pasted end page.

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Book number: 203390

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Anatomy ; ;

Barbour, Daphne ; E Melanie Gifford

Facture : Conservation, Science, Art History. Volume 1, Renaissance Masterworks

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 2013. Softcover. Glued wraps with color illustration and extended illustrated French flaps inside both covers. xiii, (3) 4-183 pp. Features 193 color and b+w illustrations. The National Gallery of Art introduces a new journal presenting the latest conservation research on works in its collection. Named for "the manner in which things are made," Facture addresses aspects of conservation from treatment and technical art history to scientific research. The inaugural volume focuses on great works of the Renaissance, studying sculpture, painting, and drawing from various points of view. With the publication of this biennial journal, the National Gallery maintains a tradition of fostering dialogue among art historians, scientists, and conservators working in the international museum community. VG+ .

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Book number: 203325

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Renaissance Masterworks ; ;

Batchelder, Ernest A.

Design in Theory and Practice

New York, Macmillan, 1918. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards with black lettering and illustration; xx, 271 pp.; richly illustrated. Originally printed in 1910. Chapters include an Introduction; The utilitarian basis; Elementary aesthetic principles; Constructive designing; Materials; Tools and processes; Refinement of proportions; The play impulse; The idea and nature; From the parts to the whole; From the whole to the parts; Lines of study; and Conclusion, along with lists of plates and illustrations. Good (Ex-library with sticker on the spine and front cover and to rear pastedown, bookplate ifc and stamp to ffep; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly toned and foxed/smudged; textblock is cracked; rear cover hinge is reinforced; front hinge is beginning to crack.) .

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Book number: 200621

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique, Design ; Design ; ;

Bate, Percy

The English Pre-Raphaelite Painters: Their Associates and Successors

London, G. Bell and Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine. xvi, 126 pages, 90 unnumbered leaves of plates. Series: The British artists series; Pre-Raphaelitism. Nice reference copy or could be re-boiund, priced accordingly. G, ex-library - covers shows normal wear, some soiling, spine has library stamp and is frayed at hinges. Pages are clean but all plates have a blind stamp. Library pocket in back, text block stamped also. Title page is torn.

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Book number: 185518

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique, Painters -- Great Britain, Pre-Raphaelitism. ; Pre-Raphaelitism. ; ;

Bengo, John

The Theory of Effect: Embracing the Contrast of Light and Shade, of Colour and Harmony

Philadelphia, J.W. Moore, 1851. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards, blind stamped design, gilt lettering on front and spine; VI, 8-144 pp; bw illustrations. "Isaac Ashmead, printer"--Title page verso. Includes 15 illustrations by Hinckley. Good+ (light shelfwear to boards, worn spine & gutter, title page stamped "S.J. Sedgwick", light age toning and foxing spots throughout, pages are otherwise clear) .

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Book number: 189519

Catalogue: Art Instruction/ Technique

Keywords: Art Instruction/ Technique ; Light and Shade; Color; Drawing; Color in Art ; ;

Bouleau, Charles

The Painter's Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art

NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. Hardcover. French language text. Black cloth boards. White dj with illustrations. 268 pages : illustrations. Clear mylar cover. A classic in the study of Perpective and it's application to art. Translated from the French. A lovely copy. Very Good/Very Good. Cover has general wear with discoloration. Dj has general wear and discoloration. Bookblock has foxing .

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Book number: 5917

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art; Art Technique; Art; Education; Perpective; Art Perspective ; Art Technique, Methods, Instruction ; Art Technique ; Art

Bouvier, P.L. and Johan Coenraad Beijer

Handboek Voor Jonge Beoefenaars & Liefhebbers Der Schilderkunst, of Volledige Aanwijzing Ter Vervaardiging Van Allerlei Soorten Van Schilderwerken

Breda, Broese en Comp, 1831. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and marble illustrated paper boards; XII, 637 pp, VII fold out bw plates. Text in Dutch. Manual For Young Practitioners & Painting Enthusiasts, or Complete Instruction For The Manufacture Of All Kinds Of Painting Works. Inside front cover includes a bookplate from C.F. Louis de Wild, a long time painting conservationist and restorer of great paintings, who was trained by his father. His restorations are now in the Met Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Frick Collection and many other places. Good (overall shelfwear to boards, leather heavily worn, expected age toning throughout but binding is secure and pages are otherwise clear. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover) .

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Book number: 189956

Catalogue: Art Instruction/ Technique

Keywords: Art Instruction/ Technique ; Painting Instruction ; ;

Boyle, Robert

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours: First Occasionally Written, Among Some Other Essays, to a Friend; and Now Suffer'd to Come Abroad As the Beginning of an Experimental History of Colours

London, Henry Herringman, 1664. Leather bound. Rebound in full brown leather with stamped design on covers, applied red leather label with title on spine with gilt ruling; (40), 423 pp, one folding plate. Contents: pt. 1. The experimental history of colours begun. -- pt. 2. Of the nature of whiteness and blackness. -- pt. 3. Concerning promiscuous experiments about colours. "A short account of some observations made by Mr. Boyle": pages [389]-423, has special title page. G (recently rebound in full leather, pages have expected age toning but are otherwise clear) .

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Book number: 191555

Catalogue: Art History; Art Instruction/ Technique

Keywords: Art History; Art Instruction/ Technique ; History of Color ; ;

Bridgland, Janet (editor)

Icom Comittee for Conservation: 10th Triennial Meeting, Washington, Dc, Usa, 22-27 Sugust 1993: Preprints (2 Vols. )

Paris, ICOM Committee for Conservation, 1993. Softcover. Green illus. wraps; 911 pp.; Numerous bw figures and charts. Two-volume set; A collection of papers from the tenth triennial meeting of the International Council of Museums; Text is in either English or French, depending on the language of the author; Most text in English; Includes papers on a wide variety of topics, including scientific studies on pieces of art, museum lighting, art restoration, conservation training, and much more. VG: Wear to the corners and edges of the covers. Previous owner name on the first page. Some marks to the textblocks. Clean pages and solid binding.

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Book number: 124040

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Museums and Conservation ; ;

Brinckmann, Albert E.

Art of the Baroque and Rococo - Six Book Series

Berlin-Neubabelsberg Akadem, Verlagsges. Athenaion, 1923. Hardcover. Green board covers, gilt artwork on cover. 132 p.b / w Figures and illustrations, 5 mounted colored panels. Text in German. Book 5 of a 6 Book Series of Art Lectures. This one is by Albert Brinckmann. Bind is intact but could be repaired or re-bound. Rare. G/Fair, covers are warped and show wear, spine has rubbed away but intact. Pages have yellowing around edges, some are dog-earred. Color plates are in good condition.

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Book number: 181327

Catalogue: Art Technique

Keywords: Art Technique ; Brinckmann, Albert E. ; ;