Tempting to call this “Books I Wish I had Known about Sooner.”
But then, we should remember: sometimes books don’t find you until you are ready.
Browse at your own risk.
On Art Process, Techniques and Materials
| Title | Author | Publisher | Year Published | Type / IBAN | Comments / Book Notes | Date Added / Year Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Manual of Oil Painting | Collier, Hon. John | 1887 | eBook | Thank you iPad! Book Notes | 2011 02 18 / 2010 Fall | |
| Arte della Pintura | Pacheco, Francisco | 1649 | 2010 / pending | |||
| Classical Drawing Atelier | Aristides, Juliette | New York: Watson-Guptill Publications | 2006 | 2009 12 25 / 2010 Winter | ||
| Classical Painting Atelier | Aristides, Juliette | New York: Watson-Guptill Publications | 2008 | Found in National Gallery during trip to London with Stef and Lina. | 2009 05 27 / 2010 Summer | |
| Color and Meaning Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting | Hall, Marcia | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending | |||
| Color in Turner | Gage, John | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending | |||
| Discourses on Art | Reynolds, Sir Joshua | 2010 / pending | ||||
| Material and Techniques of Medieval Painting | Thompson, Daniel V. | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 09 12 / pending | |||
| Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters | Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock | New York: Dover Publications, Inc. | 2001 | 2010 / 2009 Summer | ||
| Notes on the Science of Picture-Making | C. J. Holmes (Director of the National Gallery and Sometime Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Oxford) | London: Cahtto & Windus | 1920 | eBook | Thank you iPad! | 2011 03 18 / 2010 Fall |
| Oil Painting Techniques and Materials | Speed, Harold | New York: Dover Publications, Inc. | 1987 | 2005 01 01 / 2005 / Summer | ||
| On Painting | Alberti, Leon Batista | 2010 / pending | ||||
| The Academy and French Painting in the 19th Century | Boime, Albert | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending | |||
| The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques | Mayer, Ralph | 2011 09 12 / Long time ago... | ||||
| The Craft of Master Drawing | Watrous, James | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 09 12 / pending | |||
| The Craftsman's Handbook: Il Libro dell'Arte | Cennini, Cennino d'Andrea | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 09 12 / pending | |||
| The Materials of the Artist and Their Use in Painting | Max Doerner | San Diego, New York, London: A Harvest Book, Harcourt, Inc. | 1984 (First published in 1934) | Paperback | 2011, March 18 / 2011 Summer | |
| The Nature of Light and Color in the Open Air | M. Minnaert | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending | |||
| The Painter's Methods and Materials | Laurie, A. P. | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending | |||
| The Practice & Science of Drawing | Speed, Harold | New York: Dover | 2006, Nov 1 / 2006 Summer | |||
| The Secret of the Old Masters | Abendshein, Albert | New York: D. Appleton and Company | 1909 | eBook in PDF | Thank you iPad! Book Notes | 2010, Nov 14 / 2010 Fall |
| The Training of the Memory in Art | The Education of the Artist | De Boisbaudran, Lecoq | London: Macmillan and Co., Limited | 1911 | eBook in PDF | Read during my stay with Odd in Norway. Many thanks to Charles Weed for telling me about it. | 2010, Jan 31 / 2010 Winter |
| Vasari on Technique | Vasari, Giorgio | Courtesy Graduate Prof. B. Sklarski Reading List... found 12 years later! | 2011 10 20 / pending |
On Artists, Art and History
| Author | Title | Publisher | Comments / Book Notes | Date Added, Year Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpers, Svetlana | The Vexations of Art, Velazquez and Others | London: Yale University Press, 2007 | ||
| Clark, Kenneth | The Nude | |||
| Cooke, George and Busby, T.L. | The Cartoons of Raphael d'Urbino | |||
| Farington, Joseph | Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds | |||
| Holland, Tom | Rubicon | |||
| King, Ross | Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling | London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2003 | Book Notes | 2010, January |
| O’Connell, Robert L | The Ghosts of Cannae – Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic | New York: Random House, 2010 | Read at the Lake House Book Notes | 2010, August |
| Parenti, Michael | The Assassination of Julius Caesar | New York: The New Press, 2004 | ||
2 replies on “Bibliography”
I noticed that Mark Gottsegen’s “Painter’s Handbook” was not on your biblio list.
I found it very helpful and just finished the revised version earlier this year.
Hi John,
I’ve not heard of that one. When was it originally printed? In any case, I’ll look for it, thank you!