Charles Bargue Drawing Course: With the Collaboration of Jean-Léon Gérôme

This book is a complete reprint of the fabled but rare Drawing course (Cours de dessin) of Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme, published in Paris en the 1860s and 1870s. For moste of the next half-century, this set of nearly 200 masterful lithographs was copied by art students worldwide before they attempted to draw from a live model. This book will be valuable to a wide range of artists, students, historians and collectors, even as it introduces them to the hitherto-neglected master, Charles Bargue. The drawing course is separated into three sections, in an ascending order of difficulty. The first section consists of lithographs by Bargue after casts of sculptures, mostly antique examples, that present the structure of the human body with remarkable clarty and intelligence. The second part contains the lithographs that Bargue made after master drawings by Renaissance and moderns artists and the third section almost 60 exemplary drawings of nude male models. Contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Of interest to artists, art students, art historians, and lovers and collectors of drawings, this book introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue. The Bargue-Gérôme Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature The first section, Models after Casts (Modeles d'apres la bosse), teaches the student how to systematically draw after casts by offering a collection of plates depicting casts of both partial and complete male and female bodies. Gerald M. Ackerman ; With The Collaboration Of Graydon Parrish. Accompanies An Exhibition With The Same Name Nov. 25, 2003 - Feb. 8, 2004 At The Dahesh Museum Of Art, New York. Includes Bibliographical References. The Bargue-Gerome Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course.