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| Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice | 
 enlarge | Author: Juliette Aristides
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2887
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.1 x 1
ISBN: 0823006581
Dewey Decimal Number: 751
EAN: 9780823006588
ASIN: 0823006581
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Release Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristides?s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process begins as students copy masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. The many artists at every level who learned from Classical Drawing Atelier have been clamoring for more of this sophisticated approach to teaching and learning. In Classical Painting Atelier, Aristides, a leader in the atelier movement, takes students step-by-step through the finest works of Old Masters and today?s most respected realist artists to reveal the principles of creating full-color realist still lifes, portraits, and figure paintings. Rich in tradition, yet practical for today?s artists, Classical Painting Atelier is ideal for serious art students seeking a timeless visual education.
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Classical Painting Atelier September 4, 2008
This is the most inspiring art book I've purchased in a long time. Full of insights and observations and instruction, not to mention stunning high quality color images on every page. This book has introduced me to artists I hadn't heard of, namely Jacob Collins and especially Walter Murch whose atmospheric oil paintings of common and overlooked objects has encouraged me to paint the more common objects that fascinate me. I'm taking my time working through this delicious book - I also purchased Juliette Aristides equally inspiring book 'Classical Drawing Atelier'. This is a vital addition to the serious artist's desk - don't leave it on the shelf!
A BOOK, WELL WORTH READING.........LONG OVER DUE. September 2, 2008
WHAT CAN I SAY ,THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID ALREADY. A FANTASTIC READ, AND SIMPLY EXPLAINED. A BOOK THAT YOU WILL WANT TO READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN.CLASSICAL AND YET INSPIRATIONAL TO ITS COVER.
Great Book! August 28, 2008
The two things I got the most from the book were compositional theories, theories I didn't know existed but have proven to be very helpful, and direction for practice and study. With the exception of graphics training and a couple workshops, I'm self taught. Though I have had much success in both ability and sales I have always wondered what the old masters did to learn their craft and I think this book has shown me. As this book implies it is very sad that thousands of years of accumulated artistic knowledge and beauty was completely tossed out the window a hundred years ago in the name of so called liberation. I feel artists and our culture in general have been greatly deprived as a result. This book will hopefully help resurrect what we have lost and what was stolen from us.
In my opinion I still think the best book on the concepts of painting is Alla Prima by Richard Schmid, however Alla Prima does not have much focus on composition; this book does. Alla Prima focuses more on direct painting where this book teaches more of the steps on slowly developing the skills to become a great artist. I don't think it gives as many of the straight forward artistic concepts as Alla Prima does but unlike Alla Prima it gives great exercises to work on. Like anything else I think the person who purchases this book has to put these exercises to creative practice and hard work. You cannot become a better artist just by reading it; you have to set up your own atelier program and get to work on it. Though a lot of the book is about art philosophy and history but I think if a person seriously puts the ideas and exercises into practice it will be of great help in growing as an artist.
Terrific book, a must have for any serious painter August 26, 2008
This book is an essential addition to the bookshelf of any serious representational painter or student.
 A good general book August 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is nicely designed and some of the drawings are well duplicated. I expected the book to have more practical information about drawing in the atelier. However, the instructions were very general, fit only for a top professional artist who only needs some refreshing of techniques. There are exercises but the explanations are too sketchy and general. In one of the exercises there were photos of the various drawing stages. But each photo is of a different drawing! It's difficult to follow the drawing process this way. The book is good only as a general guide to get an idea of the atelier method, but you won't get much practical information from it. All in all it's disappointing because I was expecting practical information. Good drawings to copy I can find over the Internet.
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