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The Secret of the Old Masters

by Abendschein, Albert
2009 (Originally published 1906). Kessinger Publishing. ISBN Paperback: 1104328240. Hardcover: 1443724343.
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The Secret Of The Old Masters (1906)

Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course

by Ackerman, Gerald M.; ed. Parrish, Graydon
2007. Art Creation Realisation. ISBN 286770166X
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Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice

by Aristides, Juliette
2006. Watson-Guptill. ISBN 0823006573
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2004. University of California Press. ISBN 0520243838
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2009. University of California Press. ISBN 0520261267
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1986. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc.. ISBN 0810923149
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2001. London, Viking. ISBN 0374116792
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1989. Dover Publications. ISBN 048625386X
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by Bridgman, George B
2009. Sterling. ISBN 1402766785
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by Cennini, Cennino d'Andrea; Thompson, Jr. Daniel V.

1954. Dover Publications . ISBN 048620054X
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The Art of Drawing, 3rd Edition

by Chaet, Bernard
1983. Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN 0030620287
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by Clark, Kenneth
2008 (Originally published 1949). Gibb Press. ISBN 1443724343
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The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form

by Clark, Kenneth
1972. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691017883
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by Cox, Kenyon
2010. Nabu Press. ISBN 1142177963
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Drawing from Observation, 2nd Edition

by Curtis, Brian
2008. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0072410248
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1995. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0810933314
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by Dunkerton, Foister, Gordon, and Penny
1991. Yale University Press, New Haven and London in association with National Gallery Publications Limited, London. ISBN 0300050828
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Changing Images of Pictorial Space

by Dunning, William V.
1991. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0815625081
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by Dunstan, Bernard
1971. Watson-Guptill . ISBN 0823008703
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Learning to Paint: A basic course to develop the artists vision: painting and drawings projects to train your observation of nature and your creativity in color and composition

by Dunstan, Bernard
1978. Watson-Guptill. ISBN 0823827015
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by Dunstan, Bernard
1976. Watson-Guptill. ISBN 0823038742
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1979. New York, NY: Taplinger-Pentalic. ISBN 0800873831
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by Dunstan, Bernard
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Color Structure and Design

by Ellinger, Richard G
1981. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.. ISBN 0442239416
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Foundations of Art and Design

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2007. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN 0495102628
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Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form

by Goldfinger, Eliot
1991. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195952064
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Design and Composition

by Goldstein, Nathan
1989. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0131999109
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Elements of Dynamic Symmetry

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1967. Dover Publications. ISBN 0486217760
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1992. Getty Publications; Third Printing edition. ISBN 089236212X
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2007. London: Vintage. ISBN 0099273225
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by Lowry, Bates
. NJ; Prentice Hall. ISBN 0139424903
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by Martinez, Benjamin; Block, Jacqueline
1988. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 013942590X
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Blue: The History of a Color

by Pastoureau, Michael
2001. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691090505
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Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist

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1982 (originally published 1951). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-500052-8; 0-19-503095-8 (pbk. edition)
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The Artists Handbook

by Pip, Seymour
2003. London: Lee Press. ISBN 0670837016
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by Reynolds, Sir Joshua
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Artistic Anatomy

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2006. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill. ISBN 0823002977
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Painting as a Language

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2000. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers (Wadsworth Thomson Learning). ISBN 015505600X
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1995. HarperPerennial. ISBN 0060926716
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1987. Dover Publications. ISBN 0486255069
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The Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany

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1995. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Pres. ISBN
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The Material and Techniques of Medieval Painting

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1936. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486203271
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The Practice of Egg Tempera Painting: Materials and Methods

by Thompson, Daniel V
1936. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0486203433
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The Lives of the Artists

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1998. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019283410X
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Basic Visual Concepts and Principles for Artisits, Architects, and Designers

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1992. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers. ISBN 0697006514
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The Craft of Old-Master Drawings

by Watrous, James
1957. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299014258
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The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers

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1991. Abbeville Press. ISBN 1558590188
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Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green

by Wilcox, Michael
1987. Cincinnati, OH: North Light Books. ISBN 0891346228
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Principles of Art History

by Wölfflin, Heinrich
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