Hundreds of Free Art E-Books
[EDIT: If you’ve clicked here from another blog, I’m here to tell you I fixed all the links, so if you had tried the broken links before the jump, they should work now.]
[Taken from a post by briggsy@ashtons on the ConceptArt.org forums. There are many more links in the original thread, but I abridged it in a sort of futile attempt at brevity.]
Archive.org has been around for years, but there has been a HUGE influx of new art titles in the last few months. To search, make sure you select “texts” in the second box. To download, click “FTP” and save to disc either the pdf or the (generally much smaller) DjVu file. Both consist of page images with linked text files, which means that the text is searchable. Bridgman, George B., 1939. The Human Machine. http://www.archive.org/details/humanmachinethea009564mbp Bridgman, George B., 1920. Constructive anatomy http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft Blake, Vernon, 1927. The Art And Craft Of Drawing http://www.archive.org/details/artandcraftofdra027904mbp Crane, Walter, 1914. Line & Form. http://www.archive.org/details/lineform00cranuoft De Laszlo, 1934. Painting a Portrait. http://www.archive.org/details/paintingaportrai000674mbp Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock. Methods And Materials Of Painting Of The Great Schools And Masters Volume One http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofpainti01kugliala Volume Two. http://www.archive.org/details/methodsandmateri011267mbp Guptill, Arthur Leighton,1922. Sketching and Rendering in Pencil. http://www.archive.org/details/sketchingrenderi00guptuoft Holmes, C. J. 1920. Notes on the science of picture-making. http://www.archive.org/details/notesonscienceof00holmuoft Poore, Henry Rankin, 1903. Pictorial composition and the critical judgment of pictures. http://www.archive.org/details/pictorialcomposi00pooruoft Ross, Denman Waldo, 1907. A theory of pure design; harmony, balance, rhythm. http://www.archive.org/details/theoryofpuredesi00rossuoft Ruskin, John. The elements of drawing (1920 edition). http://www.archive.org/details/elementsofdraw00ruskuoft Richter, Jean Paul, The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci (Volume 1 and 2). The same illustrated edition of Leonardo notebooks that was reprinted by Dover. http://www.archive.org/details/literaryworksofl01leonuoft http://www.archive.org/details/literaryworksofl02leonuoft Stone, Irving And Jean, 1962. I, Michelangelo, Sculptor (Michelangelo’s Letters). http://www.archive.org/details/IMichelangeloSculptor Whistler, James McNeill, 1909. The gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right. http://www.archive.org/details/gentleartofmakin00whisuoft Ludovici, Anthony Mario, 1912 - The letters of a post-impressionist; being the familiar correspondence of Vincent van Gogh. http://www.archive.org/details/lettersofpostimp00goghuoft Gauguin, Paul, 1919. Noa Noa. Translated from the French by O.F. Theis. http://www.archive.org/details/noanoatranslated00gauguoft Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (complete in ten volumes). http://www.archive.org/details/livesofmostemine01vasauoft to http://www.archive.org/details/livesofmostemine10vasauoft Clark, Kenneth, 1952. Leonardo Da Vinci An Account Of His Development As An Artist. http://www.archive.org/details/leonardodavincia013645mbp Hind, Charles Lewis. Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. http://www.archive.org/details/drawingsofleonar00leonuoft Mount, Charles Merrill, 1955. John Singer Sargent - A Biography. http://www.archive.org/details/johnsingersargen000439mbp Marillier, H. C. 1912. The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley. http://www.archive.org/details/earlyworkwithpre00bearuoft The later work of Aubrey Beardsley. http://www.archive.org/details/laterworkofaubre00bearuoft Quennell, Peter, 1955. Hogarth’s Progress. http://www.archive.org/details/hogarthsprogress011296mbp Clapp, 1916 - Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo, his life and work. http://www.archive.org/details/jacopocaruccidap00clapuoft Panofsky, Erwin, 1955. The Life and Art of Albrecht Durer. The classic study of Durer http://www.archive.org/details/lifeandartofalbr000686mbp Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1906. Hokusai, the old man mad with painting. http://www.archive.org/details/hokusaioldmanmad00strauoft Whistler (lots) http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=whistler%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20collection%3Atoronto%20AND%20subject%3A%22Whistler%2C%20James%20McNeill%2C%201834-1903%22 Clark, Kenneth. The Romantic Rebellion. http://www.archive.org/details/TheRomanticRebellion Clark, Kenneth, 1949. Landscape into Art. http://www.archive.org/details/landscapeintoart000630mbp Panofsky, Erwin, 1955. Meaning In The Visual Arts - Papers In and On Art History. http://www.archive.org/details/meaninginthevisu010505mbp
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