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Steve Lindsay · #1 08-29-2008, 11:44 PM

Elise had found this book and posted it some time ago in the google-book thread. The book is called "Guide For Drawing the Acanthus". It is dated 1886. The drawing tutorials are good and teach how to draw some of the most beautiful Acanthus leaves. I also noticed a section toward the end titled Arabesque. It is interesting to read through that.

View the book on-line

Download it as a pdf to your harddrive

There is good detail if you zoom in on the various plates.

Doc Mark · #2 08-30-2008, 12:15 AM

Thanks Steve,

This is an excellent reference book! I've only just scanned it quickly, and am looking forward to spending some time studying it closely. I love these old technical "how to" books written for the artists of the time.

Mark

rolandbaptiste · #3 08-30-2008, 12:20 AM

HI Steve,
Is it possible to read it or to download it for free?
How do you proceed?
Thanks
Your third link don't go ;-)

Steve Lindsay · #4 08-30-2008, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by rolandbaptiste

HI Steve,
Is it possible to read it or to download it for free?
How do you proceed?
Thanks
Your third link don't go ;-)

Oh that is right...I forgot we had figured out in the google book thead that google blocked out non-us ip users from their on-line books.
So.....I downloaded it and reuploaded to my server. You should be able to now download it from here.

It is a 7 meg file. You can left click on it and it will load in acrobat reader, but it will load very slow because of the size of the file. It may be better to right click on the link and select "save link as" to save the file to your hard disk. After it finishes downloading, find the file on your harddisk and double click it to have it open in acrobat reader.

rolandbaptiste · #5 08-30-2008, 07:49 AM

Thanks very much Steve.

jlseymour · #6 08-30-2008, 08:29 AM

Great book Steve, Looked for some on line $200-$550...
Be allot easier to print and have it bound or put into folder...
Jerry

Chris Malouf · #7 08-30-2008, 09:11 AM

Jerry,

You'll have to leave that new bound book in the attic for a bit to get that 19th century smell.

Steve ... pure GOLD. Thank-you very much. I've been flipping though and it is fantastic!!! There has to be a reference to palm control in there somewhere!!