Gerald M. Ackerman, Charles Bargue with the collaboration of Jean-Léon Gérôme: Drawing Course. Paris, ACR Edition, 2003, 336pp., incl. 196 plates of the Drawing Course. Second Edition is now available for pre-order. All orders confirmed prior to October 20th will receive a 50% discount on the normal shipping and handling charge of $20.00 (if residing within the Continental U.S.). Please contact us at museumshop@daheshmuseum.org to pre-order your copy. Currently out of stock. If you would like to be contacted when a new printing is available, please drop a note to museumshop@daheshmuseum.org This book is a complete reprint of the fabled but rare Drawing Course (Cours de Dessin) of Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme, published in Paris in the 1860's and 1870's. For most of the next half-century, this set of nearly 200 masterful lithographs was copied by art students worldwide before they attempted to draw from a live model. This book will be valuable to a wide range of artists, students, art historians and collectors, even as it introduces them to the hitherto-neglected master, Charles Bargue. The Drawing Course is separated into three sections, in ascending order of difficulty. The first section consists of lithographs by Bargue after casts of sculptures, mostly antique examples that present the structure of the human body with remarkable clarity and intelligence. The second part contains the lithographs that Bargue made after master drawings by Renaissance and modern artists, and the third section almost 60 exemplary drawings of nude male models. The volume concludes with a biography of Charles Bargue and a preliminary catalogue of his paintings, accompanied by reproductions of works both located and lost. To order, print and complete the order form (.pdf). A description of shipping and handling rates (.pdf) is also available. For more information, call 212.759.0606, ext 235 or email museumshop@daheshmuseum.org. |