On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486442938)

This classic of art instruction is the work of James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), who served as drawing master and sketching companion to the great Victorian art critic, John Ruskin. Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, who sought always to "produce as near a likeness to Nature, in every respect, as the instrument, or material employed, will admit of; not so much by bona fide imitation, as by reviving in the mind those ideas which are awakened by a contemplation of Nature . . . The renewal of those feelings constitutes the true purpose of Art."
This volume consists of direct reproductions of Harding's sketches of vignettes from natural settings. Each is accompanied by a series of lessons emphasizing both practical and theoretical considerations. The edition features the added attraction of 23 outstanding plates from the author's Lessons on Trees.

Author: J. D. Harding
ISBN-10: 0486442934
ISBN-13: 9780486442938
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2005
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 11.96h x 9.22w x 0.28d