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......The Artist
Databases
......CAMEO: Conservation & Art Matierials Encyclopedia Online
............Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Info for Artists
General
........LinkedIn Learning, formerly lynda.com. By subscription.
................Online courses in digital media, graphic arts, photography & more
........Masterclass By subscription.
................"Online classes taught by the world's greatest minds"
......Mayer, R. Artist's Handbook of Materials &Techniques in Art
......New York Artists Online Art Education, Resources Technical info & more
Anatomy
......Richer, P. & Hale, R. Artistic AnatomyColor
...New!.St. Clair, K. The Secret Lives of Color . . . Amazon listing
......Finlay, V. Color: A Natural History of the Palette
..... Stewart, J. The Wonderful Color Wheel (Print Magazine)
............Color Wheel, Part 1 .....Color Wheel, Part 2 .....Color Wheel Part 3Creative process
......Bayles, D. and Orland, T. Art & Fear:
............Observations on the Perils (and rewards) of ArtmakingDigital Media
......Factum Arte "digital mediation ... production of works for contemporary artists and
............production of facsimiles as part of ... preservation and dissemination."
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........LinkedIn Learning, formerly lynda.com. By subscription.
................Online courses in digital media, graphic arts, photography & more
........PhotoShop Essentials.com Free resources; more with subscriptionDrawing
......Edwards, B. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
......Kemp, W. Drawing Will Kemp Art School. Free resources, more by subscriptionGlass
........Video Series from the Studio Corning Museum of GlassGraphic Design
........Graphic Communications Open Textbook Collective,
............Graphic Design & Print Production Fundamentals
......Stock-Allen, N. A Short Introduction to Graphic Design HistoryMetals
......Untracht, O. Metal Techniques for CraftsmenOrnament
......Jones, O. (1809 - 1874)
..........Internet Archive, 1856 edition:.The Grammar of Ornament
..........SUNY NP The Grammar of OrnamentPainting
...New!.Choosing the Acrylic Paint that's Best for You......
.......... A report on the pros and cons of 19 brands of professional and student grade acrylic paint, based on an analysis of costomer reviews online, and a survey of thousands of artists who exhibit on Wonderstreet.com
...New!.Draw Paint Academy Artist Dan Scott provides a generous array of
............helpful free resources, with more for a fee.
......Thompson, D.
............The Practice of Tempera Painting: Materials & Methods
............Also available free at Open Library
...New!.Will Kemp Art School Abundant free resources; more by subscription
......Winsor & Newton Masterclass video tutorials -- Painting
............See also Winsor & Newton's Discover pagePerspective
......Norling, E. Perspective Made EasyInfo for Artists, continued
Photography
......Photography Mad Photography Tips, Tutorials, and Techniques
......Northrup, T. How to Create Stunning Digital PhotographyRecycled Materials
......Materials for the Arts "NY’s premiere reuse center, providing a way for
............companies and individuals to donate unneeded supplies to thousands of
............nonprofit organizations with arts programming and public schools."Safety
....New!.Rossol, M. Artist's Complete Health & Safety Guide
The Historical Perspective......
Be sure also to check out the info for Artists, above & to the left...
General
......Factum Arte "digital mediation ... production of works for contemporary artists and
............production of facsimiles as part of ... preservation and dissemination."
......Khan Academy, Materials and Techniques (videos)
......Smarthistory, Creating and Conserving (videos).Ancient
......Mattusch, C. Classical Bronzes: The Art & Craft of
......... Greek and Roman Statuary
......... Out of print, but valuable
......Pliny the Elder ( 23–79 CE), Jex-Blake, (translator),
........... .Internet Archive:
..................The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art
........... .Perseus Digital Library:
...................Full text of Pliny's Natural History
........... .SUNY New Paltz, Eugenie Strong (editor)
..................The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art
......Macaulay, D.
............City: A story of Roman Planning and Construction
............Pyramid
.. .. Vitruvius (ca. 80-70 BCE - after ca. 15 BC)
........... .SUNY New Paltz:
..................The Ten Books on Architecture
............ Project Gutenberg (free online)
..................The Ten Books on ArchitectureMedieval
.....de Hamel, C. Scribes and Illuminators
New!.Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge .Materials and techniques
............used in the creation of illuminated manuscripts
. . . ...Macaulay, D. Cathedral . . . New edition (valuable illustrations in color)
M.......Medieval Craftsmen series - University of Toronto Press
......... Brief, accessible, well illustrated, written by well-known scholars
.....Theophilus (fl. ca 1070-1125), On Divers Arts
......Thompson, D. Materials & Techniques of Medieval Painting
.............Full text, online: Open Library
......Thompson, D. The Practice of Tempera Painting:
.......................................Materials & Methods
....... .....Also available free at Open Library.Renaissance.
....Cennini, C. (ca. 1360-before 1427)
.......... The Craftsman's Handbook, "Il Libro dellArte
.......... Full text, online: Open Library (facsimile, with page numbers) . . . Text only
.....Cole, B. The Renaissance Artist at Work: From Pisano to Titian
.....da Vinci, L. (1452-1519) Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
.....Vasari, G. (1511–1571) On TechniqueDrawing
.....Petroski, H. The Pencil: A History of Design & CircumstanceOptics
......Hockney, D. David Hockney's Secret Knowledge (film)
......Hockney, D. Secret Knowledge: Recovering the Lost
..............................Techniques of the Old Masters (book)Printmaking
......Griffiths, A. Prints and Printmaking:
............An Introduction to the History and Techniques
......Museum of Modern Art, What is a Print? (Gives simplified general idea)Banner: (edited) detail of Howard Pyle, The Forging of Balmung, 1882,
Frontispiece of James Baldwin, The Story of Siegfried,
........With thanks contact: mainzerj@newpaltz.edu
