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Methodische Anleitung für den Unterricht im Zeichnen : zum Gebrauch in Elementarschulen und höheren Bildungsanstalten ; auch zum Gelbstunterricht in den Anfangsgründen des perspektivischen Zeichnens

Francke, Karl Ludwig, Diesterweg, Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm, 1790-1866 · 1833 · Berlin : Im Verlage bei Wilhelm Schüppel · 12 pictures

A German drawing instruction manual by Karl Ludwig Francke and Friedrich Diesterweg, published in Berlin in 1833 for use in elementary schools, higher academies and self-study of beginning perspective drawing. Its numbered plates show step-by-step geometric solids, shadow-cast blocks, sphere and cylinder intersections, and hatching tone swatches in plain black line, which a designer could use as a clear reference for constructing forms and rendering simple cast shadows.

Drawing · Perspective

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