by Derek Chittock · Book Sales · tapa dura · ISBN 9780713432930
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«Portrait Painting» is Derek Chittock's essay on the technique and history of portraiture, published by Book Sales in hardback (120 pages, in English).
The book examines pictorial portraiture from historical, social and technical approaches: it analyses colour, lighting and perspective, offers guidelines for posing the model and comments on examples of great portraitists, with theory and practical guidance for understanding how a portrait is constructed.
The book includes illustrations, colour plates, notes and an index and was originally published in 1979.
Aimed at artists, students and art enthusiasts interested in the technique and history of portraiture.
