Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy, credited to Edward Armitage, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy by Edward Armitage. Read in English by David Wales This 1883 book contains chapters on ancient costumes, Byzantine and Romanesque art, David and his school, modern schools of Europe, drawing, color, decorative painting, finish, choice of subject, composition of decorative and historical pictures, and composition of incident pictures. Edward Armitage RA (1817 – 1896) was an English painter of the Victorian era whose work focused on historical, classical and biblical subjects. He was Professor and Lecturer on painting in the Royal Academy 1875-1886. (David Wales)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy
• Author credits: Edward Armitage
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 8:29:59

Catalogue topics

• art
• art history
• composition
• painting
• color
• drawing
• design
• decorative painting

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:21
2. 01 - Lecture 1 Ancient Costumes Part 1 — 27:21
3. 02 - Lecture 1 Ancient Costumes Part 2 — 27:45
4. 03 - Lecture 2 Byzantine And Romanesque Art — 46:40
5. 04 - Lecture 3 On The Painters Of The Eighteenth Century — 37:19
6. 05 - Lecture 4 'David' And His School — 45:23
7. 06 - Lecture 5 On The Modern Schools Of Europe — 47:43
8. 07 - Lecture 6 On Drawing — 44:07
9. 08 - Lecture 7 Color — 37:35
10. 09 - Lecture 8 On Decorative Painting — 37:58
11. 10 - Lecture 9 On Finish — 38:13
12. 11 - Lecture 10 On The Choice Of Subject — 36:51
13. 12 - Lecture 11 On The Composition Of Decorative And Historical Pictures — 37:48
14. 13 - Lecture 12 Composition Of Incident Pictures — 41:55

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