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adr3naline
August 21st, 2008, 01:15 AM
Sorry for my ignorance here, but my background has been architectural design. I'm taking a drawing class and some of the assignments I'll have is to attempt to draw some of the drawings from the "Great Masters" from the Renaissance period. They specifically have to be drawings, not paintings.

Does anybody know of a good website where I might find a list of names of the "Great Masters"? Or possibly a good book that might have some of their drawings? I'm not having too much luck with google.

Elwell
August 21st, 2008, 01:42 AM
Dover has lots of good, cheap books...
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Master-Life-Drawings-Library/dp/0486252337
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Master-Portrait-Drawings-Library/dp/0486263649
http://www.amazon.com/150-Masterpieces-Drawing-Anthony-Toney/dp/0486210324
Or even more, straight from the source:
http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-art-dover-art-library.html

adr3naline
August 21st, 2008, 01:46 AM
wow, thanks, those are great!

Zaxser
August 21st, 2008, 11:58 AM
Don't even think about using this site. (http://www.google.com/)

EDIT: Not to be a jerk, but huh? Really? Were you really not able to find anything? I mean, you'd probably have better luck with a name, but jeeze, master drawings are all over the internet.

grenappels
August 21st, 2008, 01:11 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Lessons-Great-Masters-Fundamentals/dp/0823014010
has been my favorite one, but like everyone else said, just google any name you possibly know (how could you be ignorant of michaelangelo or davinci?) with drawings afterward and go to images.

CCThrom
August 21st, 2008, 01:30 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Lessons-Great-Masters-Fundamentals/dp/0823014010/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219339767&sr=8-8