Art Instruction in England

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1882 - 160 páginas
 

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Página iii - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 77 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Página 65 - The first class certificates of the college are recognised by Her Majesty's Judges, and by the General Medical Council, as guarantees of good general education ; and consequently the holders of them, who may be intended for the legal and medical professions, are exempted from the necessity of submitting to the preliminary literary examinations held by the Incorporated Law Society, and by the various Medical Corporations of the United Kingdom.
Página 44 - FELKIN, HM— Technical Education in a Saxon Town. Published for the City and Guilds of London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education.
Página 28 - ... admires, he must consider their works as the means of teaching him the true art of seeing nature. When this is acquired, he then may be said to have appropriated their powers, or, at least, the foundation of their powers, to himself; the rest must depend upon his own industry and application. The great business of study is, to form a mind, adapted and adequate to all times and all occasions ; to which all nature is then laid open, and which may be said to possess the key of her inexhaustible...
Página 88 - to inquire into the best means of extending a knowledge of the arts, and of the principles of design, among the people (especially the manufacturing population) of the country ; also to inquire into the constitution, management, and effects of institutions connected with the arts.
Página 97 - He should be able to draw, from given dimensions, single, double, and framed floors, with or without ceilings beneath them ; showing modes of supporting, stiffening, and framing the timbers, trimming round hearths and wells of stairs ; also floor coverings of boards or battens, rebated and filleted, ploughed and tongued, and laid folding, with straight or broken joints, bevelled or square heading joints. He should be able to draw in elevation, from given dimensions, a framed partition with door openings....
Página 97 - ... openings. He should be able to draw in elevation, and give vertical and horizontal sections of, solid door frames and window frames. He should be able to describe, by drawings, headings of different kinds, dovetailing, cross-grooving, rebating, plough-grooving, chamfering, rounded nosing, and housings.
Página 102 - No students can be admitted to these classes until they have passed an examination in freehand drawing of the second grade. Examinations of candidates for admission will be held weekly at the commencement of each session, and at frequent intervals throughout the year. These examinations are held at the school on Tuesdays at 12 AM and 6.45 PM The examination fee is 2s.
Página 49 - The first person who attempted to lay down the rules of perspective was Pietro del Borgo, an Italian. He supposed objects to be placed beyond a transparent tablet, and endeavoured to trace the images which rays of light emitted from them would make upon it, but we do not know what success he had in this attempt, because the book which he wrote upon the subject is not now extant.

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