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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Greek Vase Painting


Colored version of a print of a Greek vase painting from an 1886 book, see the original on Ebay.
Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour

Another post. A post about James Milligen's prints of Greek vase painting.


Another colored version of a print of a Greek vase painting from an 1890 book, see the original on Ebay.
1890 Wood Engraving Helen Nude Couch Eros Paris Mythology Ancient Greek Wreath - Original Engraving

  1890 Wood Engraving Zeus Io Vase Painting Greek Mythology Hera Zeus Aphrodite - Original Engraving

Gymnasium, see the original on Ebay.

Furtwaengler, Adolf ; Reichhold, Karl Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie III, Tafel 121-180):

Greek Amphora

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/furtwaengler1924
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/furtwaengler1909
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/furtwaengler1904bd1
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/furtwaengler1904bd3
http://www.hellenica.de/Griechenland/LX/Bild2/AntikesGriechenlandBilder.html

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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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