Description: Educational and Industrial Drawing. By Langdon S. Thompson, A.M., PD.D., Boston: Chicago and New York. D. C. Heath & Co. 1893. No. 1: Mechanical Series: Entirely Geometrical, 19 leaves. No. 2: Model and Object Series: Objects Bounded by Plane Surfaces and Straight Edges, 16 leaves. No. 3. Model and Object Series: Practical Application of Previous Principles, 14 leaves. 9 x 12", 4tos. In fair condition. Paper covers normally scuffed at edges and corners. Heads and tails of paper spines rubbed. Stapled binding scuffed but intact. Normal soiling and toning to paper covers. Water or tea dampness staining to head of spine on No. 2. No. 2 exhibits pencil drawings on blank leaves. Light toning throughout text-blocks. Bindings intact. Please see photos. Langdon Shook Thompson (1838 -1924) presented his Educational and Industrial System of Drawing as an experienced guide through others' methodologies, not as an original invention of his own. He published an arguably dizzying number of series and variations: the Common School Course consisted of four drawing books and a manual for primary grades, plus three Model and Object Drawing books and a manual. Advanced courses were offered in Manual Training (2 manuals), Advanced Free Hand (4 drawing books), Aesthetic (6 drawing books and a manual), and Mechanical (6 drawing books and a manual). With some mix-and-match elements, Thompson endeavored to cover bases in terms of schools' varying intentions for art education. Model and Object Drawing series books could be substituted for the early numbers in both the Aesthetic and Mechanical Series, evidence of the diverging purposes for art education between schools. In 1898, Thompson was appointed Chairman of the National Education Association Committee of Ten, a group of art educators chosen to deliberate on elementary art education's means and proper purpose. Thompson's report, issued in 1902, concluded that beauty and aesthetics was more important than pictorial representation. FORN-SHELF-0661-BB-2406-HK1677
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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
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Author: Langdon S. Thompson
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co.
Topic: Architecture
Subject: Drawing
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