Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals
Manuals teaching how to draw a face and figure were translated into English from their original Dutch, Italian and French, and altered to focus especially on the skills of transferability, and the use of measurements in the practice of picture copying. The texts on proportions and ideal ratio were o...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:interfaces_8618 https://doi.org/10.4000/122dj urn:doi:10.4000/122dj en https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/8618 2024-07-20T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/122dj https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals Interfaces Université Bourgogne Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2647-6754 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1164-6225 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces Miyamoto, Bénédicte traduction manuel de dessin proportion compas quadrillage circulation des savoirs translation drawing manuals proportion compass gridding circulation of knowledge Manuals teaching how to draw a face and figure were translated into English from their original Dutch, Italian and French, and altered to focus especially on the skills of transferability, and the use of measurements in the practice of picture copying. The texts on proportions and ideal ratio were often misinterpreted while the accompanying plates were often mistaken for ready reckoning tables or copy plates. The resulting unworkability of some of these lessons did not however greatly impact the popularity of these manuals. Gridded illustrations and plates laden with measurements became regular fixtures, luring the amateur-customer with the promise of easily reproducible designs for accomplished results. The geometricized drawing of the face made reproducible projections the basic toolbox of the portrait painter and artisan, ruler and compass in hand. Les livres de dessins enseignant le portrait et le dessin académique furent traduits de l’italien, de l’allemand et du français en anglais, et transformés pour se concentrer en particulier sur les compétences de transférabilité et l'utilisation de mesures dans la pratique de la copie d'images. Les textes sur les proportions et le ratio idéal furent souvent mal interprétés tandis que les planches d'accompagnement furent souvent confondues avec des tables de calcul prêtes à l'emploi, ou pour des planches à copier. Il en résulta que certaines de ces leçons devinrent inapplicables, mais sans pourtant altérer la popularité de ces manuels. Les illustrations tirées au carreau et les planches chargées de mesures devinrent des incontournables de ces éditions, attirant le client et amateur avec la promesse de dessins faciles à reproduire, pour des résultats aboutis. Le dessin géométrisé du visage devint la leçon de base du portraitiste et de l'artisan, règle et compas à la main. |
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Manuals teaching how to draw a face and figure were translated into English from their original Dutch, Italian and French, and altered to focus especially on the skills of transferability, and the use of measurements in the practice of picture copying. The texts on proportions and ideal ratio were often misinterpreted while the accompanying plates were often mistaken for ready reckoning tables or copy plates. The resulting unworkability of some of these lessons did not however greatly impact the popularity of these manuals. Gridded illustrations and plates laden with measurements became regular fixtures, luring the amateur-customer with the promise of easily reproducible designs for accomplished results. The geometricized drawing of the face made reproducible projections the basic toolbox of the portrait painter and artisan, ruler and compass in hand. |
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Miyamoto, Bénédicte |
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Miyamoto, Bénédicte |
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Miyamoto, Bénédicte |
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Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals |
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Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals |
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Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals |
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Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals |
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Teaching Portraits with Method – the Technology of Grids, Compasses and Proportions in British Drawing Manuals |
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teaching portraits with method – the technology of grids, compasses and proportions in british drawing manuals |
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