Naturalistic Photography for Students of the Art.
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Chapters (372)
- NATURALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- The Art of Photography.
- A.—Art Division.
- B.—Science Division.
- C.—Industrial Division.
- BOOK I. TERMINOLOGY AND ARGUMENT.
- CHAPTER I. TERMINOLOGY.
- CHAPTER II. NATURALISM IN PICTORIAL AND GLYPTIC ART.
- Egyptian Art.
- Monarchies of Western Asia.
- Ancient Greek and Italian Art.
- Early Christian Art.
- Mediæval Art.
- Eastern Art.
- Chinese and Japanese Art.
- The Renascence.
- From the Renascence to Modern Times.
- Germany.
- Flemish Art.
- Dutch Art.
- France.
- Sculpture.
- CHAPTER III. PHENOMENA OF SIGHT, AND ART PRINCIPLES DEDUCED THEREFROM.
- A. Light.
- B. Direction of Light.
- C. Intensity.
- D. Colour.
- E. Binocular Vision—Psychological Data.
- F. Perspective.
- Art Principles Deducted from the Data Cited.
- BOOK II. TECHNIQUE AND PRACTICE.
- CHAPTER I. THE CAMERA AND TRIPOD.
- CHAPTER II. LENSES.
- CHAPTER III. DARK ROOM AND APPARATUS.
- CHAPTER IV. THE STUDIO.
- FURNITURE.
- CHAPTER V. FOCUSSING.
- CHAPTER VI. EXPOSURE.
- QUICK EXPOSURES,
- TIME EXPOSURES.
- CHAPTER VII. DEVELOPMENT.
- CHAPTER VIII. RETOUCHING NEGATIVES.
- CHAPTER IX. PRINTING.
- CHAPTER X. ENLARGEMENTS.
- CHAPTER XI. TRANSPARENCIES, LANTERN AND STEREOSCOPIC SLIDES.
- CHAPTER XII. PHOTO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES.
- CHAPTER XIII. MOUNTING AND FRAMING.
- CHAPTER XIV. COPYRIGHT.
- CHAPTER XV. EXHIBITIONS.
- CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.
- BOOK III. PICTORIAL ART.
- CHAPTER I. EDUCATED SIGHT.
- CHAPTER II. COMPOSITION.
- CHAPTER III. OUT-DOOR AND IN-DOOR WORK.
- OUT-DOOR PORTRAITURE.
- LANDSCAPE.
- THE “LINES.”
- AËRIAL PERSPECTIVE.
- TONE.
- COMPOSITION.
- IMPRESSION.
- SUBJECT OF THE PICTURE.
- FIGURE AND LANDSCAPE.
- STUDIO PORTRAITURE.
- CHAPTER IV. HINTS ON ART.
- CHAPTER V. DECORATIVE ART.
- L'ENVOI. PHOTOGRAPHY—A PICTORIAL ART.
- L'ENVOI. PHOTOGRAPHY—A PICTORIAL ART.
- APPENDIX.
- APPENDIX I.
- APPENDIX II.
- SCIENCE AND ART.
- II.
- III.
- Conclusion.
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