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Perspective Drawing for Beginners
The amateur artist faces many challenges. To Len A. Doust, perspective is by far the most problematic. With his trademark humor, the author/artist turns his expert eye toward that "dreaded, horrid word." In a clearly written how-to guide on mastering the art of perspective, he carefully: • describes the roles of lines, boxes, and circles • provides shortcuts for visualizing shapes and forms • incorporates thirty-three plates of helpful illustrations One of the most concise introductions available for beginners, this practical volume will be an important addition to any artist's resource library.
Figure Sketching for Beginners
If a drawing "is not alive, it is a failure," declares Len A. Doust. With his practical help and encouraging guidance, even novice sketchers can learn how to capture the vitality and character of their models. Clear instructions and 23 step-by-step illustrations highlight everything students need to know. Featured topics include: • Perspective and proportions • Heads, faces, and hands • Hats, shoes, and clothing • Age and character • Expressions • Athletes and dancers Concise and informative, this manual offers sketchers the perfect way to get started.
Animal Sketching for Beginners
This handy manual provides the confidence, insight, and guidance to help any sketcher create realistic animal drawings. With the help of the author's thirty-one clearly detailed drawings, this basic how-to-guide: • illustrates major attributes shared by many animals • shows how simple shapes can create complex drawings • functions as a valuable anatomy reference A source of inspiration for artists at all levels, this book will be especially helpful to beginning art students.
Five Classic French Plays
Treasury of theatrical masterpieces includes Corneille's The Cid, Racine's Phaedra, Molière’s The Intellectual Ladies, Marivaux's The Game of Love and Chance, and Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville. Translations, introductions by noted scholar Wallace Fowlie.
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
Modern Icelandic is closer to the speech patterns of the Middle Ages than any living European language. Thus, a knowledge of Icelandic is highly relevant to the study of English history. This volume, one of the most complete available, will be indispensable to scholars of medieval Icelandic and English culture and history.
Five Acres and Independence
This classic of the back-to-the-land movement is packed with solid, timeless information. Written by a renowned horticulturist, it has taught generations how to make their land self-sufficient. 95 figures.
Indian Scout Craft and Lore
Autobiographical account of how Eastman became a young Indian scout reveals secrets of the Sioux: how to read footprints, hunt with a slingshot and bow and arrow, trap and fish, much more. 27 illustrations.
Number Words and Number Symbols
Classic study discusses number sequence and number language, then explores written numerals and computations in a wide range of cultures. 282 illustrations. "Superior narrative ability." — Library Journal.
Mazes and Labyrinths
With devoted scholarship and an appreciation for what he terms "the lure of the labyrinth," Matthews explores accounts of ancient mazes, the "meanders" of Greek and Roman times, theories on the meaning of church labyrinths, the hedge maze, and more. All important or exceptional examples are illustrated with 151 line drawings.
Orchestration
In what is probably the best general book on the subject, a noted English composer describes 57 orchestral instruments, tracing their origins, development, and status at the beginning of World War I.
