Craftsman's Handbook (Dover Publications Inc.)

PrefaceII The first chapter of the first section of this bookII "How some enter the profession through loftiness of spirit, and some, for profit"III Fundamental provisions for anyone who enters this professionIIII How the schedule shows you into how many sections and branches the occupations are dividedV How you begin drawing on a little panel; and the system for itVI How to draw on several kinds of panelsVII What kind of bone is good for treating the panelsVIII "How you should start drawing with a style, and aby what light"VIIII "How you should give the system of lighting, light or shade, to your figures, endowing them with a system of relief"X "The method and system for drawing on sheep parchment and on paper, and shading with washes"XI How you may draw with a leaden styleXII "How, if you have made a slip in drawing with leaden style, you my erase it, and żeby what means"XIII How you should practice drawing with a penXIIII How to learn to cut the quill for drawingXV How you should advance to drawing on tinted paperXVI How the green tint is made on paper for drawing; and the way to temper itXVII "How you should tint kid parchment, and żeby which method you burnish it"XVIII How you should tint paper turnsole colorXVIIII How you should tint paper with an indigo tintXX "How you should tint papers with reddish color, or almost peach color"XXI How you should tint papers with flesh colorXXII "How you should tint papers greenish gray, or drab"XXIII How you may obtain the essence of a good figure or drawing with tracing paperXXIIII The first way to learn how to make a clear tracing paperXXV A second way to make tracing paper: with glueXXVI How to make tracing paper out of paperXXVII How you should endeavor to copy and draw after as few masters as possibleXXVIII How you should regulate your life in the interests of decorum and the condition of your hand; and in what company; and what method you should first adopt for copying a figure from high upXXX "How you should first start drawing on paper with charcoal, and take the measurement of the figure, and fix it with a silver style"XXXI "How you should draw and shade with washes on tinted paper, and then put lights on with white lead"XXXII How you may put on lights with washes of white lead just as you shade with washes of inkXXXIII How to make good and perfect and slender coals for drawingXXXIIII About a stone which has the character of charcoal for drawing.

This ends the first section of this bookIIXXXV The second section of this book: bringing you to the working up of the colorsXXXVI "This shows you the natural colors, and how you should grind black"XXXVII How to make various sorts of blackXXXVIII On the character of the red color called sinoperXXXVIIII "How to make the red called cinabrese, for doing flesh on the wall; and about its character"XL On the character of the red called vermilion; and how it should be worked upXLI On the character of a red called red leadXLII On the character of a red called hematiteXLIII On the character of a red called dragonsbloodXLIIII On the character of a red called lacXLV On the character of a yellow color called ocherXLVI On the character of a yellow color called giallorinoXLVII On the character of a yellow called orpimentXLVIII On the character of a yellow called realgarXLVIIII On the character of a yellow called saffronL On the character of a yellow called arzicaLI On the character of a green called terre-verteLII On the character of a green called malachiteLIII How you make a green with orpiment and indigoLIIII How you make a green with blue and giallorinoLV How you make a green with ultramarine blueLVI On the character of a green called verdigrisLVII How you make a green with white lead and terre-verte; or lime whiteLVIII On the character of lime whiteLVIIII On the character of white leadLX On the character of azuriteLXI To make an imitation of azurite with other colorsLXII "On the character of ultramarine blue, and how to make it"LXIII The importance of knowing how to make brushesLXIIII How to make minever brushesLXV "How you should make bristle brushes, and in what manner"LXVI How to keep minever tails from getting moth-eaten.

This ends the second section of this book; begins the thirdIIILXVII "The method and system for working on a wall, that is, in fresco; and on painting and doing flesh for a youthful face"LXVIII The method for painting an aged face in frescoLXVIIII The method for painting various kinds of beards and hair in frescoLXX The proportions which a perfectly formed man's body should possessLXXI The way to paint a drapery in frescoLXXII The way to paint on a wall in secco; and the temperas for itLXXIII How to make a violet colorLXXIIII To execute a violet color in frescoLXXV To try to imitate an ultramarine blue for use in frescoLXXVII To paint a shot green drapery in frescoLXXVIII To paint in fresco a drapery shot with ash grayLXXVIIII To paint one in secco shot with lacLXXX To paint one in fresco or in secco shot with each otherLXXXI To paint a greenish-gray costume in fresco or in seccoLXXXII "To paint a costume, in fresco and in secco, of a greenish-gray color like the color of wood"LXXXIII "To make a drapery, or a mantle for Our Lady, with azurite or ultramarine blue"LXXXIIII "To make a black drapery for a monk's or friar's robe, in fresco and in secco"LXXXV "On the way to paint a mountain, in fresco or in secco"LXXXVI "The way to paint trees and plants and foliage, in fresco and in secco"LXXXVII "How buildings are to be painted, in fresco and in secco"LXXXVIII The way to copy a mountain from nature.

This ends the third section of this bookIVLXXXVIIII "How to paint in oil on a wall, on panel, on iron, and where you please"LXXXX How you should start for working in oil on a wallLXXXXI "How you are to make oil, good for a tempera, and also for mordants, żeby boiling with fire"LXXXXII How good and perfect oil is made by cooking in the sunLXXXXIII "How you should work up the colors with oil, and employ them on the wall"LXXXXIIII "How you should work in oil on iron, on panel, on stone"LXXXXV The way to embellish with gold or with tin on a wallLXXXXVI How you should always make a practice of working with fine gold and with good colorsLXXXXVII "How you should cut the golden tin, and embellish"LXXXXVIII How to make green tin for embellishingLXXXXVIIII "How to make the golden tin, and how to lay fine gold with this vermeil"C "How to fashion or cut out the stars, and put them on the wall"CI How you can make the diadems of the saints on the wall with this tin gilded with fine goldCII How you should model up a diadem in lime mortar on a wallCIII How from the wall you enter upon panel-painting.

This ends the fourth section of the bookVCIIII The system by which you should prepare to acquire the skill to work on panelCV How you make batter or flour pasteCVI How you should make cement from mending stonesCVII How to make cement for mending dishes of glassCVIII "How fish glue is used, and how it is tempered"CVIIII "How goat glue is made, and how it is tempered; and how many purposes it will serve"CX A perfect size for tempering gessos for anconas or panelsCXI A size which is good for tempering blues and other colorsCXII To make a glue out of lime and cheese.

This ends the fifth section of this bookVICXIII How you should start to work on a panel or anconasCXIIII How you should put cloth on a panelCXV How the flat of a panel should be gessoed with the slice with gesso grossoCXVI How to gesso sottile for gessoing panelsCXVII How to gesso an ancona with gesso sottile; and how to temper itCXVIII How you may gesso with gesso sottile without having gessoes with gesso grosso firstCXVIIII How you should temper and grind gesso sottile for modelingCXX How you should start to scrape down an ancona flat gessoed with gesso sottileCXXI "How the gesso sottile on the flats should be scraped down, and what these scrapings are good for"CXXII "How to draw on panel with charcoal, to begin with, and to fix it with ink"CXXIII How you should mark out the outlines of the figures for gilding the groundsCXXIIII "How to model on a panel with gesso sottile, and how to mount precious stones"CXXV How you should cast a relief for embellishing areas of anconasCXXVI How to plaster reliefs on a wallCXXVII How to model with mortar on a wall the say you model with gesso on panelCXXVIII "How to take reliefs from a stone mold, and how they are good on wall and on panel"CXXVIIII How you may model on a wall with varnishCXXX How you may model on a wall with waxCXXXI "How to lay bole on panel, and how to temper it"CXXXII "Another way to temper bole on panel, for gilding"CXXXIII How you may gild on panel with terre-verteCXXXIIII How to gild on panelCXXXV What stones are good for burnishing this gildingCXXXVI How to prepare the stone for burnishing goldCXXXVII "How you should burnish the gold, or mend matters in case it could not get burnished"CXXXVIII "Now I will show you how to burnish, and in what direction, especially a flat"CXXXVIIII "What gold is good for burnish and mordant gilding, and what thickness"CXL "How you should begin swinging the diadems and do stamping on the gold, and mark out the outlines of the figures"CXLI How to design gold brocades in various colorsCXLII How to execute gold or silver brocadesCXLIII Several rules for cloths of gold and silverCXLIV "How to do velvet, wool, and silk"CXLV How to paint on panelCXLVI How to make draperies in blue and purpleCXLVII How to paint facesCXLVIII How to paint a dead manCXLVIX How to paint woundsCL How to paint waterVIICLI "A short section on mordant gilding.

How to make a standard mordant, and how to gild with it"CLII How to control the drying of the mordantCLIII How to make a mordant out of garlicVIIICLIV Introduction to a short section on varnishingCLV When to varnishCLVI How to make a painting look as if it were varnishedIXCLVII "A short section on illuminating: first, how to gild on parchment"CLVIII Another kind of size: for grounds onlyCLIX How to make and use mosaic goldCLX How to grind gold and silver for use as colorsCLXI Colors for use on parchmentXCLXII "A section dealing with work on cloth: first, painting and gilding"CLXIII Various ways to do hangingsCLXIV How to draw for embroiderersCLXV "How to work on silk, on both sides"CLXVI How to paint and gild on velvetCLXVII How to lay gold and silver on woolen clothCLXVIII How to make devices out of gilded paperCLXIX How to model crests or helmetsCLXX How to do caskets or chestsXICLXXI "A short section on operations with glass: first, for windows"CLXXII How to gild for reliquary ornamentsCLXXII Arrangements for drawing on this glassCLXXII How to draw on the gilded glassCLXXII How to scrape the gold off the backgroundsCLXXII How to back up the drawing with colorsXIICLXXII "Part of a section dealing with mosaic: first, a fragment from the end of a chapter otherwise lost"CLXXII Mosaic of quill cuttingsCLXXII "Mosaic of crushed eggshells, painted"CLXXII Mosaic of paper or foilCLXXII "Mosaic of eggshells, gilded"XIIICLXXIII "A section dealing with miscellaneous incidental operations: first, block printing on cloth"CLXXIV How to gild a stone figureCLXXV The dangers of a wet wall for frescoCLXXV Preliminary precautions against moistureCLXXV Waterproofing with boiled oilCLXXVI Waterproofing with pitchCLXXVI Waterproofing with liquid varnishCLXXVII How to distemper inside walls with greenCLXXVIII How to varnish terre-verteCLXXIX How to clean off the paint after you have made up a face CLXXX The perils of indulgence in cosmeticsCLXXXI "The final section, devoted to methods of casting, begins here"CLXXXII How to take a life maskCLXXXIII The breathing tubesCLXXXIV The operations of casting the matrixCLXXXIV How to cast this waste moldCLXXXV How to cast whole figuresCLXXXVI How to make a cast of your own personCLXXXVII Castings in gesso for use on panelCLXXXVIII How to cast medalsCLXXXIX How to make a mold from a seal or coinIndex