The Essence of Art : Victorian Advice on the Practice of Painting.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 C. R. Leslie -- Handbook for Young Painters: 1855 -- 2 Mrs Jonathan Foster -- Suggestions of Subject to the Student in Art: 1856 -- 3 Philip Gilbert Hamerton -- A Painter's Camp: 1862 -- Thoughts About Art: 1861, revised 1873 -- The Graphic Arts: 1882 -- 4 Commission of Inquiry into the Royal Academy: 1863 -- Minutes of Evidence: G. F. Watts -- Other Evidence to the Commission -- 5 H. N. O'Neil -- Lectures on Painting: 1866 -- 6 E. J. Poynter -- Ten Lectures on Art: 1879 -- Directions for Oil Painting: 1875-81 -- Extracts from Ten Lectures on Art: 1879 -- 7 G. F. Watts -- His Writings: 1863-92 -- The Present Conditions of Art: 1879 -- Thoughts on Art: 1889 -- Notes on Palette and Technique: 1892 -- 8 Frederic Leighton -- Address Delivered to the Students o f the Royal Academy: 1881 -- 9 Edward Armitage -- Lectures on Painting: 1883 -- 10 Harry Quilter -- Sententiae Artis: 1886 -- Preferences in Art, Life and Literature: 1892 -- 11 Hubert von Herkomer -- My School and My Gospel: 1908 -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- 1 Palettes of Victorian Artists: 1879 -- 2 Rules of the Royal Academy Schools: 1899 -- 3 Examination Papers for Elementary Teachers in Art: 1907-09 -- Bibliography -- Index.

First published in 1999, this book asks what kind of advice was available to somebody wishing to embark upon oil painting in England between 1850 and 1900.

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