The Materials of the Artist and Their Use in Painting
Subtitle: With Notes on the Techniques of the Old Masters, Revised Edition
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: July 21, 1949
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780156577168
First sentence: GROUNDS are applied to textile fabrics, woods, and the like to make the surface tighter, less absorbent, and more luminous, and so enable the artist better to realize his objective and give durability to his work.