Catalogue Of Painters And Draughtsmen Represented In The Library Of Reproductions Of Pictures Drawings

Author : Robert Witt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332944262
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (442 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Catalogue of Painters and Draughtsmen Represented in the Library of Reproductions of Pictures and Drawings (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Witt and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Painters and Draughtsmen Represented in the Library of Reproductions of Pictures and Drawings What has been attempted, therefore, is to form, after the analogy of the great Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, a kind of Murray's Dictionary of Pictures and Drawings, by concentrating and bringing together reproductions of, as nearly as may be, the whole body of European painting and drawing, and arranging it as a Dictionary in the manner most convenient for easy reference. As a Dictionary it has, accordingly, to include not only what is most interesting and important, and not only the work of the great but also that of the little Masters, many of them of quite secondary consideration, yet playing some part in their time, and as such contributing to the general history of the painter's craft. It is in such material that writers of art-history, biography and criticism dig and delve, unearthing what each requires for his purpose. To provide a proper background or foundation for art study, as well as to reconstruct those many lost artistic personalities which are perpetually half-emerging in baf ing indistinctness, the mass of this material must be as large as possible. The starting point of some signed or dated example, of some drawing or sketch, can then be used as a clue from which to work. The number of reproductions in the Library is about representing the work of more than individual painters and draughtsmen from both public and private collections throughout the world. They are contained in upwards of a thousand light boxes, each 14x12 n inches. The reproductions, where mounted, are laid on brown paper, as thin as is consistent with stiffness in the hand, generally Izgxgk inches, but larger, if necessary, up to the limits of the box. The standard size chosen was based upon a maximum of economy of space and consequent convenience for reference. Where in excess of this the photo graphs are folded. The reproductions are of all kinds, preferably photographs, but embrace every variety of process block, collotype and photogravure, including examples in colour. N 0 form of reproduction is rejected; even a postcard has its use in default of better. If possible, the reproduction chosen is from the original picture or drawing, but failing these resort has been had to reproductions of engravings after the original or even to engravings themselves. Original engravings, except portraits to some extent, and original etchings and lithographs altogether, are outside the scope of the Library. The reproductions are dividexi by being enclosed in covers, each cover labelled with the names and dates of the artist and the contents of the cover. Every reproduction bears the name of the painter, the subject of the picture and the name of its owner or the gallery to which it belongs. It may also bear the text of any descriptive or critical matter, and any notes of interest can be added upon it from time to time, such as deal with the size, the material on which it is painted (panel, canvas, paper, copper, its condition as regards repaints and restorations, tone and colour, dates and signatures, alternative attributions, the names of the collections through which it has passed, and literary, critical and bibliographical references. Where the same picture occurs more than once, say in successive sale catalogues, the reproductions are fastened together so as to form its pedigree and history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com"