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The art of drapery : styles and techniques for artists / Mario Cooper.

By: Publication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.Description: 114 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780442218751
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Contents:
Introduction -- Basic tension points -- Reflected light -- Letters and letter parts -- Circles, fish scales, and crescents -- Tension points in the human figure -- Zigzags -- Geometric solids and calligraphic tension -- Mechanics of folds and the hinge -- The seated position -- Hemispheres: buttocks, shoulders, and breasts -- Dynamic patterns and calligraphy -- Sleeves, bellows, diamonds, catenaries, and crescents -- Bernini and the oceans of drapes -- Drapery in many types of art -- Drapery in still life -- Drapery in portraits -- Curtains -- Japanese influences on drapery -- Appendix.
Summary: Contents Introduction -- Basic tension points -- Reflected light -- Letters and letter parts -- Circles, fish scales and crescents -- Tension points in the human figure -- Zigzags -- Geometric solids and calligraphic tensikon -- Mechanics of folds and the hinge -- The seated position -- Hemispheres: buttocks, shoulders and breasts -- Dynamic patterns and calligraphy -- Sleeves, bellows, diamonds, catenaries and crescents -- Bernini and the oceans of drapes -- Drapery in many types of art -- Drapery in still life -- Drapery in portraits -- Curtains -- Japanese influences on drapery -- Appendix

Includes index.

Introduction -- Basic tension points -- Reflected light -- Letters and letter parts -- Circles, fish scales, and crescents -- Tension points in the human figure -- Zigzags -- Geometric solids and calligraphic tension -- Mechanics of folds and the hinge -- The seated position -- Hemispheres: buttocks, shoulders, and breasts -- Dynamic patterns and calligraphy -- Sleeves, bellows, diamonds, catenaries, and crescents -- Bernini and the oceans of drapes -- Drapery in many types of art -- Drapery in still life -- Drapery in portraits -- Curtains -- Japanese influences on drapery -- Appendix.

Contents Introduction -- Basic tension points -- Reflected light -- Letters and letter parts -- Circles, fish scales and crescents -- Tension points in the human figure -- Zigzags -- Geometric solids and calligraphic tensikon -- Mechanics of folds and the hinge -- The seated position -- Hemispheres: buttocks, shoulders and breasts -- Dynamic patterns and calligraphy -- Sleeves, bellows, diamonds, catenaries and crescents -- Bernini and the oceans of drapes -- Drapery in many types of art -- Drapery in still life -- Drapery in portraits -- Curtains -- Japanese influences on drapery -- Appendix