The text is a table of contents that provides page numbers and themes for sections on drawing techniques and descriptions of famous statues in Rome and Italy. It includes topics on sketching, shading, using different tools, and studying classical statues. The document also outlines the necessity of understanding geometry, anatomy, and chiaroscuro in drawing.
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What is meant by Sketching. Page 57
Methods to become accustomed to drawing accurately. 59
Where one should begin their studies. 60
Why it is better to draw large at first. 61
Various ways to shade a drawing. 62
Method of shading by hatching with the pencil. 63
Method of drawing by enlarging. 64
Method of shading by stippling. 65
Technique for preserving pencil drawings. 67
Drawing on colored paper. 68
Wash drawing. 69
Pen drawings. 73
CHAPTER V.
On the principal Ancient Statues to be seen in Rome & other places in Italy. 75
Farnese Hercules. 77
The Venus known as Medicis. 80
The Vatican Apollo. 82
Antinous or the Lantin. 83
Laocoon. 84
The Gladiator. 85
The Faun holding the child Bacchus in his arms. 90
Little Faun playing the flute. 92
Myrtille, or the dying Gladiator. (ibid.)
Apollo playing the seven-pipe flute. (ibid.)
The Hermaphrodite. (ibid.)
Antique Satyr. 93
The Egyptian, an Antique figure. (ibid.)
The Nile. 94
The small flayed Horse. (ibid.)
CHAPTER VI.
The order to follow in the study of drawing & its different parts. 97
The accuracy of the eyes & the ease of the hand. (ibid.)
The study of Geometry & Perspective. 98
The study of Anatomy & proportions. 99
The study of the Antique. 100
Understanding chiaroscuro. 102
Necessity of models in relief. 104
Coloring. 107
How to characterize what one draws. 109
Draperies. 110
The study of Animals. 111
The study of Landscape. 113
Translation Notes:
"Esquisser" is translated as "Sketching."
"Etompant" is translated as "Stippling."
"Clair-obscur" refers to "chiaroscuro," a term for strong contrasts between light and dark. "Coloris" is translated as "Coloring." "Draperies" relates to drawing fabric and cloth.