Lot of 3 Art Book: Figure Drawing &Painting as a Pastime &World Famous Paintings
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Lot of 3 Art Book: Figure Drawing &Painting as a Pastime &World Famous Paintings. World Famous Paintings by Rockwell Kent 1939. Figure Drawing by Andrew Loomis Fifth Printing 1944 All drawings within this book are the property of Andrew Loomis and are copyrighted. They must not be reproduced directly or copied for reproduction, or for any commercial purpose. They may be copied at will for the purpose of practice and study. All figure drawings have either been drawn directly from imagination or from paid professional models. Any likeness to any persons other than those hired for the purpose is purely coincidental. Painting as a Pastime by Winston S. Churchill 1965 The hardcover edition of this book was published in the United States in 1950 by The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Th new Cornerstone Library edition is a complete and unabridged reprint of that original hardcover publication, and is published by arrangement with Odhams Press Ltd., of London, England World Famous Paintings by Rockwell Kent 1939 A fragile and delicate the subject of your picture the stronger and bolder must be your manner of painting it." The corollary of such counsel invites us to reflect that the more solemn the subject of discussion the more gayly, perhaps, must it be handled; and to suspect that life at its utmost may be just like that: all opposites. Weak men are cruel; strong men, kind. And a proverb of William Blake reminds us (as though we could ever forget it!) that "Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps." Certainly Art, the subject and the matter of this volume-being of itself the enshrinement of men's most devout and reverent moods-is of an order of creation essentially solemn enough to deserve of all things just such light-hearted and gay discussion as may best dispose our minds to its full enjoyment.
