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Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, Published 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket, xvi, 435 pp.; 22 cm; Revised Edition (translated by Eugen Neuhaus); illustrated with eight black-and-white plates reproducing paintings by Old Masters (Rubens, Van Gogh, Van der Weyden, Dürer, Holbein, Titian, El Greco, Velasquez).
In Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Green cloth-covered boards with a paper spine label printed in brown lettering show mild surface and edge wear with some toning to edges and spine. Binding tight. Previous owner's name and date in ink on the front free endpaper near the spine. Text block edges show light spotting and soiling. Pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket has several chips and tears (each an inch or less), moderate soiling and toning, and shelf wear, with heavier toning and staining concentrated to the spine. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.The standard English-language reference on the materials and methods of painting, by Max Doerner (1870-1939), Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, translated for American readers by Eugen Neuhaus, Professor of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. Drawing on Doerner's decades of teaching and laboratory research, the book sets down systematic instruction in the preparation of grounds, the chemistry and use of pigments, the binding media of oil painting, and the techniques of tempera, pastel, watercolor, and mural work, concluding with extended chapters on the techniques of the Old Masters and the restoration of easel paintings. The Revised Edition incorporates corrections and additions made by Neuhaus through the 1949 and 1962 revisions.Contents: Author's Preface; Translator's Preface; Postscript; Chapter I. The Preparation of Grounds for Easel Pictures; Chapter II. Pigments; Chapter III. Binding Media of Oil Paintings; Chapter IV. Painting in Oils; Chapter V. Tempera Painting; Chapter VI. Pastel Painting; Chapter VII. Painting in Water Colors; Chapter VIII. Mural Painting; Chapter IX. Techniques of the Old Masters; Chapter X. The Restoring of Easel Pictures; Bibliography; Appendix; Index.