Vintage, book containing a collection of lectures discussing design, materials and character in the pictures of masters of Fine Art.  Illustrated with black and white reproductions of paintings:

Notes on the Science of Picture-Making
by Sir C.J. Holmes

Published by Chatto & Windus in 1927.Fourth edition.

Contents:

Part I: Emphasis of Design: The Value of Emotion; The Value of Theory; Invention and Nature; Pictorial Condition and Pictorial Emphasis; Emphasis of Symbol; Emphasis of Plan; Emphasis of Spacing; Emphasis of Recession; Emphasis of Shadow; Emphasis of Culture. 

Part II: Emphasis of Materials: Processes of Drawing; Processes of Engraving; Water-Colour and Tempura Painting; Oil-Painting the Transparent Method; Oil Painting: The Mixed Method; Oil Painting: The Opaque Method. 

Part III: The Painter's Aims and Ideals: The Painter's Training; The Future of Painting; Some Popular Fallacies. 

Summary: The Painter; The Future.

Hardback, 325 pages, 16 cm by 22.5 cm.

Acceptable condition
No dust jacket. Minor marks and wear to the cover. Binding intact but narrow gaps starting to appear between adjacent pages in a few places. Former school library book with ticket pocket on the inside of the front cover and ink stamp in the back of the title page. Page edges are roughly cut. Minimal marks on the inside pages. Small indentation to the back cover which has has caused small split in the book cloth.

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