THE

DRAWING GUIDE;

A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN

INDUSTRIAL DRAWING,

DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY THE

INDUSTRIAL DRAWING SERIES.

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE ON THE

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ORNAMENTAL ART.

BY MARCIUS WILLSON,

AUTHOR OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY SERIES OF READERS," "MANUAL OF OBJECT LESSONS," ETO., ETO.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

PART I. ORNAMENTAL ART.

I. Introductory.

II. General Principles of Ornamental Art...

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Prop. I. The Cardinal Principle in Decoration, 18:-Prop. II. Of

Angular and Winding Forms, 19:-Prop. III. Of Firm and Unbroken,

and Fine and Faint Lines, 20:-Prop. IV. Of Construction and Deco-

ration, 21:—Prop.V. Of General Forms, 22:-Prop.VI. Of Geometrical

Construction, 22:-Prop. VII. Of Methods of Surface Decoration, 23:-

Prop. VIII. Of Proportion in Ornamentation, 24 :-Prop. IX. Of Har-

mony and Contrast, 25:-Prop. X. Of Distribution, Radiation, and

Continuity, 26:-Prop. XI. Of Conventional Representations of Natu-

ral Objects, 27.

III. Ornamental Art among different Nations, and in different Periods of

Civilization.....

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I. Ornament of Savage Tribes, 28:-II. Egyptian Ornament, 29 :-

III. Assyrian and Persian Ornament, 30:-IV. Greek Ornament, 31:

-V. Pompeian Ornament, 32:-VI. Roman Ornament, 32:-VII.

Byzantine Ornament, 33:-VIII. Arabian Ornament, 34:-IX. Turk-

ish Ornament, 35:-X. Moresque or Moorish Ornament, 36:—XI.

Persian Ornament, 37:-XII. East Indian Ornament, 37:-XIII.

Hindoo Ornament, 38:-XIV. Chinese Ornament, 38 :-XV. Celtic

Ornament, 39:-XVI. Mediæval or Gothic Ornament, 39:-XVII.

Renaissance Ornament, 41:-XVIII. Elizabethan Ornament, 42:-

Modern Ornamental Art, 42.

PART II. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL

DRAWING.

DRAWING-BOOK No. I.

I. Materials and Directions..

II. Straight Lines and Plane Surfaces..

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Horizontal and Vertical Lines, 51:-Angles and Plane Figures, 52:—

Principles of Surface Measurement, 53:-Rules, 53-61:-Problems,

53:-Diagonals, 55:—Problems, 55:-Two-space Diagonals, 57:-

Problems, 59, 60:-Three-space Diagonals, 61: - Problems, 62:

Egyptian Patterns, 66, 67:-Arabian, 67, 71, 72 :-Byzantine, 67, 69:
- Pompeian, 67: Grecian, 68-72: - East Indian, 69:-- Braided

Work, 68:-Problems, 64, 66, 68.

III. Curved Lines and Plane Surfaces..

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Regular Curves, 73:-Irregular Curves, 74:-Symmetrical Figures,

75:-Problems, 76:-Conventional Leafage, 77: -Problems, 78:-

Renaissance Ornament, 78:-Bulb Pattern, 79:— Problems, 79:-

Assyrian and Byzantine Patterns, 79–81:—Problems, 81:—Quarter-

foil, 81:-Original Designs, 81.

DRAWING-BOOK No. II.

Cabinet Perspective-Plane Solids..

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Diagonal Cabinet Perspective, 84:-Elementary Rule, 85:-Solid

Contents of a Cube-Rule, 86:-Parallelopipeds-Rule, 87:-Hatch-

ing, 88-Problems, 89:-Stairs, 90:-Cabinet Frame-work, 91:-