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Monday, September 21, 2009

Johann Daniel Preissler


A drawing by Johann Daniel Preissler is up for auction at Ketterer-Kunst.

Johann Daniel Preissler, Zugeschrieben - Männlicher Akt, Sanguine around 1700

Another post: How to Draw People - Johann Daniel Preissler.




The same auctioneer recently sold a copy of Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic.

Books that reference Johann Daniel Preissler:

Der ideale Kunstkörper

Kunstkammer, Laboratorium, Buhne: Schauplatze Des Wissens Im 17. Jahrhundert (German Edition)

The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body: and Lessons on Foreshortening
at 8:32 PM Labels: Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic, Johann Daniel Preissler

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The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form

The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form
The Art Student's Guide to the Proportions of the Human Form A republication of Dr. Gottfried Schadow's famous work in which thirty plates demonstrate the proportions of the human form. It is based on the pioneering work of the Greek Sculptor Polycletus. Amazon.com

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The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting

The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting
The School of Raphael- Wonderful engravings by Nicholas Dorigny after Raphael's famous designs for the story of early Christianity for the Sistine Chapel, the heads of the figures are used to demonstrate the range of human expressions. Amazon.com

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body

Gerard Audran's The Proportions of the Human Body
In 1683 Gerard Audran produced Les Proportions du Corps Humain which was a careful rendition of the famous statues of antiquity including careful measurements of each. Amazon.com

The Art Student's Guide To External Anatomy

The Art Student's Guide To External Anatomy
The Art Student's Guide to External Anatomy A republished edition of Dr. Fau's book which was in wide circulation with as many as ten editions in different languages and used by almost every art student in Europe in the mid nineteenth century. The book is in full color. Amazon.com

The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body

The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body
The Art Student's Guide to the Bones and Muscles of the Human Body and Lessons on Foreshortening a republication of the 1892 edition based on Dr. Schadows original 1830 guide for his students. Amazon.com.

The Human Head

The Human Head
A new edition of Louis Bail's method of learning to draw the head. Amazon.com

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