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Monday, June 14, 2010

Dora Carrington

Dora Carrington was an early feminist and a painter.

A review of a book based on her correspondence is at Mantex: Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington -Art, love, and Bohemian life in Bloomsbury.



More images at Figuration Feminine.


Although she died in 1932, she has a Facebook page.

Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932The Art of Dora Carrington (Historical Interest) Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington,1893-1932 The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant
Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932

The Art of Dora Carrington (Historical Interest)

Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington,1893-1932

The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant



Letters and Extracts from Her Diaries (Oxford Paperbacks)

Carrington: Paintings, drawings, and decorations
Women of Bloomsbury: Virginia, Vanessa, and Carrington

Carrington Carrington Carrington: A Life
Carrington Video on demand

Carrington DVD

Carrington: A Life

First Friends. Paula and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington
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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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