Practical Perspective; Or, an Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects, According to the Rules of Art. ... a Work Highly Necessary for Painters, ... and Others Concerned in Designing

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library N021002 A Jesuit of Paris = Jean Dubreuil. With half-titles for each of the five parts. The pagination (Arabic sequence) of each part is duplicated by the numbering of each part's plates; the 150 plates are printed on 76 leaves. London : printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, [1795?]. xxx,[2],1-18,[2],19-41,[3],42-121,[3],122-128,[2],129-150,[2]p., 150 plates ; 4