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Perspective Drawing Handbook (Paperback)

by Joseph D'Amelio (Author)

3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Perspective creates a sense of space, depth, and the third dimension within the limitations of the flat drawing surface. This unusually comprehensive handbook integrates extensive text with hundreds of labeled drawings and diagrams; each page covers a fundamental principle and includes relevant constructions. All aspects of perspective drawing are discussed, from diminution, foreshortening and convergence to distortion, measurement, and shade and shadow effects. Essential concepts such as horizon line, vanishing point, cone of vision, and picture plane are explained theoretically and illustrated in practical contexts, using both mechanical and freehand sketching techniques. With its step-by-step presentation of professional working methods and practices, Perspective Drawing Handbook is an essential text and reference for fine and commercial artists, architects, engineers, and interior and industrial designers.

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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Wiley (February 1, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047128873X
ISBN-13: 978-0471288732
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 11 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,389,284 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indespensible perspective reference:, June 19, 2000

By	Carol Cullar (Eagle Pass, Texas) - See all my reviews

D'Amelio has laid out the basics of mechanical perspective drawing in easy to follow steps with clear illustrations. Readily adaptable to instruction for the general audience and eminently practical with illustrations for many basic and more complex perspective problems, the text is well organized as well as intertaining. I have used this text to teach perspective in high school drawing classes for 15 years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Slender, but without question the FINEST of all introductions on PERSPECTIVE, June 28, 2004

By	Bruce Bain "Romans 9:33" (Englewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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"PERSPECTIVE DRAWING HANDBOOK" by Joseph D`Amelio

Amelio really packed this book with well-illustrated covering of Perspective in Black & White. Better still, D`Amelio manages to keep text down to the bare essentials, preferring to illustrate the point rather than describe it. Fascinating. Nicely put together, and very concise at 96 pages. I really liked it.

Suggested retail at $8.95 this is a good reference, and eminently affordable. It seemed quite deserving of FIVE STARS for making an obscure subject clear to the general public with a direct, no-nonsense approach. What Stephen Rogers Peck does for anatomy, is what D'Amelio does for teaching PERSPECTIVE.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!... It's my #1 choice in my Top 5 perspective books..., November 6, 2006

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This review is from: Perspective Drawing Handbook (Dover Art Instruction) (Paperback)

This is currently my favorite perspective book! If I listed my Top 5, it would have to be: Perspective Drawing Handbook; Perspective Made Easy; Perspective! for Comic Book Artists; Basic Perspective Drawing: A Visual Guide, 4th edition; and then Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators. Perspective Drawing Handbook is my favorite because it's clear, concise, slim & to the point. It's very enlightening! In my opinion, Joseph D' Amelio was a genius in his understanding of perspective & his ability to communicate this to others. Because this book is so slim, clear & reasonably priced, I would highly recommend this to anyone & *everyone* interested in learning about perspective-based drawing. Even if it doesn't become your favorite overall, it's certainly worth having in your collection, as perspective is such a difficult topic that it's really best to buy a number of books. And if you're going to buy a number of books, it would help to know which are the *best* while at the same time being reasonably priced. This is at the top of my list! Three-point perspective *is* covered here, although he mostly avoids this term and instead calls this "looking up & down". It's simplistic in its approach, but that's what great teachers are about: taking difficult concepts & making them easy to understand. The writing can be a little stiff, but this book relies mostly on visuals, which is exactly what I prefer! There really aren't that many words here, especially when compared to another book I recently reviewed: Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators. If you think Perspective Drawing Handbook is a bit too wordy, than you'd definitely want to stay away from Creative Perspective! Perspective Drawing Handbook: my highest recommendation!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Perspective Drawing Handbook
Detailed Perspective drawing instruction book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I really improved a drawing using techniques from this book
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Please don't buy this inaccurate text. It has at least one major flaw. The author incorrectly claims that the horizon is always at eye level. It's easy to see that's false. Read more

Published on July 2, 2007 by Gulliver

2.0 out of 5 stars Older text - at times difficult to read
Too much text, not enough drawing. I much prefer Perspective: space and design
by Louise Bowen Ballinger

Published on August 26, 2006 by Robert Bellizzi

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