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The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques

The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques

by RalphMayer (Author)

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    Paperback 1991

    $24.49

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    Paperback 1982

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Synopsis

The Artist's Handbook has become an indispensable reference work for thousands of practising artists all over the world. This fifth edition has been prepared by Steven Sheehan, Director of the Ralph Mayer Center, Yale University School of Art. It has been systematically revised and expanded to take account of the latest research. Once again, it has been edited for the British market.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 784
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 16 Sep 1991
ISBN 10: 0571143318
ISBN 13: 9780571143313
Book Overview: The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques by Ralph Mayer - and this edition prepared by Steven Sheehan, Director of the Ralph Mayer Center, Yale University School of Art - is an essential reference work for practising artists all over the world.

Author Bio
Ralph Mayer (1895-1979) was a painter and art conservator. Educated as a chemical engineer, he worked in paint manufacture and studied painting at the Art Students League of New York before going on to teach at Columbia University. He founded the Artists Technical Research Institute in 1959. He is best known as the author of The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (1940), which is still a point of reference for artists today, and he also wrote The Painter's Craft (1948) and A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969).