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Start of eBook	1
LIST OF PLATES	1
LIST OF DIAGRAMS	2
THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF DRAWING	3
I	3
INTRODUCTION	3
DRAWING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION AT WINDSOR	6
II	11
FROM A STUDY BY BOTTICELLI	13
STUDY IN NATURAL RED CHALK BY ALFRED STEPHENS	14
III	14
STUDY FOR A PICTURE	19
IV	20
STUDY BY WATTEAU	22
V	25
EXAMPLE OF FIFTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE WORK BY LUI LIANG (BRITISH MUSEUM)	25
LOS MENENAS. BY VELAZQUEZ (PRADO)	26
STUDY ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL ANGELO (BRITISH MUSEUM)	30
STUDY BY DEGAS (LUXEMBOURG)	30
VI	30
DRAWING IN RED CHALK BY ERNEST COLE	32
FROM A PENCIL DRAWING BY INGRES	33
VII	36
VIII	38
STUDY ILLUSTRATING METHOD OF DRAWING	42
STUDY IN RED CHALK	49
STUDY FOR DECORATION AT AMIENS “REPOSE” BY PEUVIS DE CHAVANNES	50
IX	51
ILLUSTRATING SOME TYPICAL BRUSH STROKES MADE WITH FOUR CLASSES OF BRUSH	55
X	61
XI	67
ILLUSTRATING VARIETY IN SYMMETRY	68
ILLUSTRATING VARIETY IN SYMMETRY	69
XII	69
FETE CHAMPETRE. GIORGIONI (LOUVRE)	74
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. TITIAN	75
LOVE AND DEATH. BY G.F. WATTS	77
THE SURRENDER OF BREDA VELAZQUEZ (PRADO)	78
THE BIRTH OF VENUS. BOTTICELLI (FLORENCE)	80
THE RAPE OF EUROPA. BY PAOLO VERONESE (VENICE)	81
BATTLE OF ST. EGIDIO. PAOLO UCCELLO (NATIONAL GALLERY)	82
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. BY DOMINICO THEOTOCOPULI CALLED EL GRECO	83
D. TAKING LINE 3-4 AS DOMINANT LINE	84
F. TAKING LINE 5-6 AS DOMINANT LINE	84
XIII	88
MONTE SOLARO CAPRI	90
PART OF THE SURRENDER OF BREDA. BY VELAZQUEZ	93
EXAMPLES OF EARLY ITALIAN TREATMENT OF TREES	94
XIV	96
CORREGGIO. VENUS. MERCURY, AND CUPID (NATIONAL GALLERY)	100
L’EMBARQUEMENT POUR CYTHERE. WATTEAU (LOUVRE)	102
XV	105
XVI	109
THE ANSIDEI MADONNA. BY RAPHAEL (NATIONAL GALLERY)	111
THE FINDING OF THE BODY OF ST. MARK TINTORETTO (BREDA, MILAN)	113
XVII	114
FROM A DRAWING IN RED CHALK BY HOLBEIN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM PRINT ROOM	115
THE LADY AUDLEY. HOLBEIN (WINDSOR)	120
XVIII	123
STUDY ON BROWN PAPER IN BLACK AND WHITE CONTE CHALK	126
XIX	128
XX	131
XXI	139
CONCLUSION	139
APPENDIX	140
THE PHI PROPORTION	141
INDEX	142
“Bacchus and Ariadne,” Titian’s	142
Camera, use of the	142
Darwin, anecdote of	143
East, arts of the	143
“Fete Champetre,” Giorgioni’s	143
Gainsborough, the charm of	143
Hair, the treatment of	144
Impressionism	144
Japanese art	144
Keats’ definition of beauty	144
Manet	144
Nature, variety of forms in	144
Oil, surplus in paint	145
Paint, the vitality of	145
Quality and texture, variety in	145
Schools of Art	145
Talent and genius	146
“Ulysses deriding Polyphemus,” Turner’s	146
Ward, the animal painter	146

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