DK Art School: Introduction To Perspective, An [Paperback]

Ray Campbell Smith (Author)

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Series: DK Art School | Publication Date: June 1, 1999

Turn the pages of An Introduction to Perspective -- and discover an art course that teaches you how to use perspective creatively in your drawings and paintings. An Introduction to Perspective is a practical guide to a challenging concept. More than 300 photographs guide the beginner through a series of exercises designed to teach all the essentials of using perspective. Revealing projects focus on professional artworks, all shown in the making so novices can follow the creative process step-by-step. Unique gallery pages display works of masters -- drawing and paintings that will instruct and inspire students of a variety of media. Packed with specially commissioned artworks, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow exercises, the DK Art School series offers ideal courses for "armchair" art students. The DK Art School series is a new way to learn, improve, or master drawing and painting skills. Carefully constructed courses ensure that you gain both the confidence and the know-how to create imaginative, beautiful pictures. With individual volumes on subjects like still life, portraiture, or landscape, in specific media such as oil, watercolor, or acrylic, The DK Art school series offers something for everyone, and builds into a unique collection of practical art books.

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"...deliciously illustrated step-by-step instructional guides." -- New York Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789443031
• ISBN-13: 978-0789443038
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,233,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Arts & Photography > Art > Other Media > Conceptual

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5.0 out of 5 stars art books, April 21, 2010

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This review is from: An Introduction to Perspective (DK Art School) (Hardcover)

Useful, easy to understand, a great set of books. I have some on drawing, watercolors, and pastels. DK Art School Well Done!!!!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Tools for Exploring Perspective, March 28, 1999

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This review is from: An Introduction to Perspective (DK Art School) (Hardcover)

Linear perspective, said Leonardo da Vinci, Òis nothing else than seeing a place or objects behind a pane of glass, quite transparent, on the surface of which the objects that lie behind the glass are to be drawn.Ó Among LeonardoÕs notebook drawings, there is a tiny self-portrait (c. 1510) in which he is shown using a squared-off and window-like drawing device (sometimes called ÒAlbertiÕs veilÓ), four variations of which were depicted 15 years later in a famous series of woodcuts by German artist Albrecht DŸrer. This current publication is not only an introduction to perspective in book form but also a kit-like collection of tools to use in exploring for oneself its history, theory, and application. Among those tools are an acetate drawing window (like LeonardoÕs), two ÒdraftsmanÕs netsÓ (like that portrayed in DurerÕs prints), various measuring devices, pads of gridded drawing paper, and a cut-out with which one can easily make a three-dimensional model of Dutch artist M.C. EscherÕs Òimpossible triangleÓ (a well-known illusion that appears to violate certain spatial principles). Experimenting with the devices in this box could result in a deeper understanding of perspective, especially if one were to read at the same time an earlier, richer and far more interesting book on the same subject from the same publisherÕs Eyewitness Art series: Alison Cole, Perspective (Dorling Kindersley, 1992). (Review from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 14 No 2, Winter 1998-99)