{"product_id":"complete-bargue-drawing-course-9798708280916","title":"Complete Bargue Drawing Course","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gareth Thomas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Techniques - Drawing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bargue drawing course is one of the most popular classical art drawing courses in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDraw from the same Bargue art plates as artistic masters like Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh and thousands more artists.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditionally the art student would copy master drawings and then plaster casts of sculptures and monuments and then finally from life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Bargue master drawings are a series of prints ranging from simple to more advanced drawing. Training the eye of the student to understand the effects of light and shadow, the illusion of form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI totally support the point of view of French art teachers of the 19th century that fine art students need to study the rich traditions of the classical art.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrench schools at that time advocated the following sequence of art education: \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing copies of classical art plates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eCopying drawings by the Old Masters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing classical casts - busts and figures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing live models\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 20th century brought various \"isms\" into art, and many art students become disillusioned with art education as it is practiced today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopying the Old Masters and studying their art is an important part of traditional art education. Copying classical masterpieces will develop a proper artistic taste and style. I believe that thousands of fine art students will improve greatly from such exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese plates were created as a part of an intensive drawing course system designed by the late great draftsman, artist, and painter Charles Bargue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring my atelier training these lessons were integrated in the curriculum (as I'd imagine with most ateliers around the world) and taught as a means of refinement of observational skills in the practice of drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenefits are perpetual in the entire scope of the artist's development.\u003cp\u003eTo have the ability to accurately record what the eye sees removing deviation or mental hindrance, I'd say is the basic principle behind this drawing system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce this is gained the artist is in a better position to integrate their imagination in a precision controlled manner.\u003c\/p\u003eShould you buy a copy of this book?\u003cp\u003eIf you're really serious about improving drawing skills, and you're willing to put in some hard hours of practice, then yes, you should definitely buy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you just love drawing and have cash to burn, you should buy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're in the habit of buying art instruction books but you cant really draw that much, this book isn't going to magically help you draw better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut neither is any art book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Bargue is mostly remembered for his \"Cours de dessin\", one of the most influential classical drawing courses conceived in collaboration with Jean-Léon Gérôme. The course, published between 1866 and 1871 by Goupil \u0026amp; Cie, comprised 197 lithographs printed as individual sheets, was to guide students from plaster casts to the study of great master drawings and finally to drawing from the living model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Charles Bargue Drawing Course is used by many academies and ateliers which focus on Classical Realism. Among the artists whose work is based on the study of Bargue's plate work are Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh, who copied the complete set in 1880\/1881, and (at least a part of it) again in 1890.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains the plates from the original \"Cours de dessin\" digitally restored to more faithfully represent the original plates as they appeared when new. Also included are some example drawings from original Bargue students. Finally there is the complete collection of Bargue figure drawings making this a complete set of drawing plates exceeding those in the basic course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45555075514519,"sku":"9798708280916","price":2381.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798708280916.webp?v=1767916258","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/complete-bargue-drawing-course-9798708280916","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}