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The art of responsive drawing / Nathan Goldstein.

By: Goldstein, Nathan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006Edition: 6th ed.Description: xiv, 401 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0131945610.Subject(s): Drawing -- TechniqueDDC classification: 741.2
Contents:
Gestural Expression Deduction through Feeling -- Shape An Irony -- Line The Indispensable Abstraction -- Value Light, Local Tone and Mood -- Perspective The Foreshortened View -- Volume The Sculptural Sense -- Color The Transforming element -- Media and Materials The Tools of Drawing -- Visual Issues The Forming of Order -- Expressive Issues The Forming of Meaning -- Envisioned Images Improvisations of Form and Space -- Pathologies of Drawing Some Symtoms and Defects -- Finding your way Options and Attitudes.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 741.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00113825
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

More a "how-to-see-it" than a "how-to-do-it" book, this edition explores the disguises and characteristics of shapes and forms in nature, and it examines the visual elements and the relational, moving, and emotive forces that constitute the language of drawing. Clear and objective, this book offers an intensive examination of vital drawing processes and concepts, an in-depth analysis of exceptional drawings by old and contemporary artists, and suggested exercises to enhance the readers' grasp of important measurable and dynamic phenomena. For the art student, the art teacher, the interested amateur, and the practicing artist.

Bibliography: (page 387) and index.

Gestural Expression Deduction through Feeling -- Shape An Irony -- Line The Indispensable Abstraction -- Value Light, Local Tone and Mood -- Perspective The Foreshortened View -- Volume The Sculptural Sense -- Color The Transforming element -- Media and Materials The Tools of Drawing -- Visual Issues The Forming of Order -- Expressive Issues The Forming of Meaning -- Envisioned Images Improvisations of Form and Space -- Pathologies of Drawing Some Symtoms and Defects -- Finding your way Options and Attitudes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xiii)
  • 1 Gestural Expression: Deduction Through Feeling (p. 1)
  • A Definition (p. 1)
  • Gesture and Direction (p. 7)
  • The Dividends of Gestural Expression (p. 11)
  • 2 Shape: An Irony (p. 22)
  • A Definition (p. 22)
  • The Shape of Volume (p. 27)
  • Value Shapes (p. 31)
  • The Interdependence of Shape and Volume (p. 37)
  • Shape as an Agent of Direction and Energy (p. 38)
  • The Character of Shape (p. 40)
  • 3 Line: The Indispensable Abstraction (p. 45)
  • A Definition (p. 45)
  • The Diagrammatic Line (p. 47)
  • The Structural Line (p. 50)
  • The Calligraphic Line (p. 52)
  • The Expressive Line (p. 55)
  • On Using Line (p. 60)
  • Delineating Contour (p. 74)
  • 4 Value: Light, Local Tone, and Mood (p. 78)
  • A Definition (p. 78)
  • The Disguises of Value (p. 81)
  • The Effects of Light on Volume (p. 85)
  • The Elements of Light (p. 90)
  • "Lost and Found" (p. 97)
  • Value as an Expressive Force (p. 103)
  • Value as an Agent of Composition (p. 107)
  • 5 Perspective: The Foreshortened View (p. 113)
  • A Definition (p. 113)
  • The Principles of Linear and Aerial Perspective (p. 116)
  • The Horizon Line (p. 117)
  • One-, Two-, and Three-Point Perspective (p. 119)
  • Perspective and Exact Location (p. 127)
  • The Circle in Perspective (p. 128)
  • Cast Shadows (p. 130)
  • Foreshortening (p. 131)
  • Perspective as an Agent of Expression (p. 138)
  • 6 Volume: The Sculptural Sense (p. 142)
  • A Definition (p. 142)
  • Three Basic Approaches to Structured Volume (p. 146)
  • Direction and Geometric Summary (p. 151)
  • Planar Analysis (p. 160)
  • The Joining of Planes and Volumes (p. 164)
  • The Design of Volumes in Space (p. 170)
  • 7 Color: The Transforming Element (p. 180)
  • A Definition (p. 180)
  • The Color Wheel (p. 183)
  • Warm and Cool Color (p. 185)
  • Color and Composition (p. 188)
  • Color and Expression (p. 192)
  • 8 Media and Materials: The Tools of Drawing (p. 202)
  • A Definition (p. 202)
  • The Abrasive Media (p. 204)
  • The Fluid Media (p. 216)
  • The Drawing Instruments (p. 222)
  • The Suitable Support (p. 229)
  • Mixed Media (p. 233)
  • 9 Visual Issues: The Forming of Order (p. 241)
  • A Definition (p. 241)
  • Relationships and Energies (p. 242)
  • The Configuration and the Page (p. 252)
  • The Elements as Agents of Design (p. 266)
  • 10 Expressive Issues: The Forming of Meaning (p. 280)
  • A Definition (p. 280)
  • The Elements as Agents of Expression (p. 285)
  • Other Factors of Expression (p. 300)
  • Additional Examples of Expressive Response (p. 303)
  • 11 Envisioned Images: Improvisations of Form and Space (p. 314)
  • A Definition (p. 314)
  • Applying Gestural Insights (p. 316)
  • Applying Structural Insights (p. 319)
  • Applying Dynamic Insights (p. 323)
  • 12 Pathologies of Drawing: Some Symptoms and Defects (p. 335)
  • A Definition (p. 335)
  • Perceptual Defects (p. 338)
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