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Title: The Excellency of the pen and pencil exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures, also the way to cleanse any old painting, and preserve the colours : collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters ...
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Print source: The Excellency of the pen and pencil exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning, painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures, also the way to cleanse any old painting, and preserve the colours : collected from the writings of the ablest masters both ancient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others ; furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters ...
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliff and Thomas Daniel, for Dorman Newman and Richard Jones ..., 1668.
Subject terms:
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
Drawing -- Early works to 1800.
Art -- Technique.
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frontispiece
title page
To the READER.
A Necessary TABLE, shewing the Chief Matters treated of in this Book. As,
These with several other Books are Printed for, and to be sold by Dorman Newman at the Chyrur∣geons Arms in Little Britain, near the Hospital Gate.
Folio.
Quarto.
Octavo.
OF DRAWING. The First Book.
The Introduction.
CHAP. I.
SECT. I. Of the HEAD.
SECT. II. Of the EAR.
SECT. III. Of the EYES.
SECT. IV. Of the NOSE, MOƲTH, CHIN, NECK, and THROAT.
SECT. V. Of the FORE-PART of the Body.
SECT. VI. Of the HINDER-PART of the Body.
SECT. VII. Of the ARMES, HANDS, and FINGERS.
SECT. VIII. Of the LEGS, FEET, and TOES.
CHAP. II.
SECT. I. Of Actions or Gestures.
SECT. II. Of the Passions or Complexions.
CHAP. III.
diagram
A way to Draw an Escutcheon Geometrically.
To Draw a Geometrical Oval.
Some Geometrical Definitions.
CHAP. IV.
SECT. I. Of Geometrical Figures.
SECT. II. Of the second practice of Drawing.
SECT. III. Of the third Practice.
SECT. IV. Of the fourth Practice.
CHAP. V.
SECT. I General Rules for Drawing the Face.
SECT. II. To draw a Fore-right Face.
SECT. III. To draw an Ʋp-right Head.
SECT. IV. Of the Inclining and Fore-shortned Face.
SECT V. Of the Nose, Mouth, and Chin.
SECT. V. Of Hands, both Palm, Back, and Sides; as also open and closed: and likewise of Hands and Armes joyned.
SECT. VI. Of Feet in several positions, both with and without measures, as also of Feet and Legs joyned together.
SECT. VII. Of the Back, Breast, Secret mem∣bers, Thighs, Shoulders, &c.
SECT. VIII. Of whole Figures from head to foot.
SECT. IX. Rules of Symmetrie or Proportion to be observed in Drawing the whole Body of Man or Woman.
SECT. X. The Proportion of the Body of Man.
CHAP. VI.
CHAP. VII.
CHAP. VIII.
OF ETCHING and GRAVING. The Second Book.
CHAP. I.
SECT. I. To make Mr. Hollar's Ground, and how to Etch in Copper, and what Instruments ought to be used in the practice thereof.
SECT. II. How to prepare your Copper.
SECT. III. How to lay the Ground upon the Plate.
SECT. IV. How to transfer your design upon the Copper.
SECT. V. How to wall about your Plate about with Wax, to lay on your Aqua fortis, and to finish your work.
CHAP. II.
SECT. I. Of necessary Instruments belonging to Graving.
1. Of your Oyl-stone.
2. Of Gravers.
SECT. II. The several wayes of holding the Graver.
SECT. IV. The manner how to hold and handle your Graver.
SECT. V. The manner of holding your hand in Graving.
SECT. VI. How to take off any Picture, or Map-letters, &c. upon your Copper.
OF LIMNING IN WATER-COLOURS. The Third Book.
CHAP. I.
SECT. I. Of Gumms and Gum-waters used in Limning.
Of GƲM-LAKE.
Of GƲM-ARMONIACK.
Of LIQƲID GOLD or SILVER.
SECT. II. Of your Grinding-stone and Muller.
SECT. III. Of Colours.
CHAP. II.
SECT. I. Of the Names of Colours, and how every Colour is to be prepared; whether Grownd, Wash'd, or Steep'd.
SECT. II. Of those Colours that are to be Grownd, and how to Grind them.
SECT. III. Of those Colours that are to be Washed, and how to Wash them.
SECT. IV. Of Colours to be Steeped.
SECT. V. Of those Colours that are Washed and Grownd, how to temper them in your shells when you are to use them.
SECT. VI. Of Pencils, and how to choose them.
SECT. VII. Of Compounded Colours.
CHAP. III.
SECT. I. How to prepare a Table for a Picture in small.
SECT. II. Of your Light.
SECT. III. Of the manner of Sitting.
SECT. IV. Of such necessaries as are to lie by you while you are at work.
CHAP. IV.
SECT. I. At the first Operation or Sitting.
SECT. II. At the second Operation or Sitting.
SECT. III. At the third Operation, or Sitting.
CHAP. V.
SECT. I. Of Drapery in Limning.
SECT. II. Of other Ornaments in Picture.
CHAP. VI.
OF PAINTING in OYL. The Fourth Book.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
1. For a Fair Complexion.
2. For a more Brown or Swarthy Complexion.
3. For a Tawny Complexion.
4. For an absolute Black Complexion.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
1. For a Red Garment.
2. For Green Garments.
3. For Blew Garments.
4. For Yellow Garments.
5. For Black Garments.
6. For Purple Garments.
7. Orange Colour.
8. Hair Colour.
CHAP. VII.
Things meet to be known.
The Discovery.
OF WASHING or COLOURING OF Maps, and Printed Pictures. The Fifth Book.
CHAP. I.
SECT. I. Of Colours for Washing.
1. Of Litmos, how to order it.
2. Of Flory Blew.
3. Of Gum-booge.
4. Of Yellow-Berries.
5. Of Turnsoil.
6. Of Brazeel.
7. Of Log-wood.
SECT. II. Of other necessaries.
1. Of Allum-water, how to make it.
2. How to make Size.
3. How to temper Gold to Write with a Pen or Pencil.
4. Of Pencils.
CHAP. II.
1. How to make a Green colour of Copper-plates.
2. To Make a Green another way.
3. Another Green.
4. For light Greens.
5. To shadow Greens.
6. Greens for Landskips and Rocks.
7. To make a Blew.
8. Of shadowing Blews.
9. To make a Brown.
10. Spanish Brown.
11. How to make an Orange-colour.
12. A Flesh-colour.
13. Colours for the Skie.
14. To make colours for Precious stones.
15. Colours for Landskips.
16. Colours for Buildings.
17. How to Shadow every colour in Garments, or Drapery.
CHAP. III.
What Colours sets off best together.
SECT. II. Directions for the Mixing of your Colours.