num_pages: 288
description: A truly admirable book.  Bookman's Journal and Print CollectorAs a book of reference to the practicing artists who wants to solve some particular difficulty the book could hardly be bettered.  FieldRex 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.
language: English
title: Perspective for Artists
publisher: Dover Publications