Lecture Notes

• Reference:GB 1694 DC 047/1/2
• Dates of Creation:c1940-1950
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  67 sheets

• Scope and Content

  A series of lecture notes, presumed for the purposes of teaching at GSA. These include Art History (neolithic, paleolithic, Egypt, the foundations of Western civilisation, Greece, Roman and Christian Art, Medieval Art, the Italian painters and Venician painting in the 19th Century (13 sheets). Another series of lecture notes outlines lessons in tone and shadow, solid form, perspective, space filling, pattern, posters, design introduction, picture building, borders, line, calligraphy, block lettering and figure drawing; each lesson plan is illustrated (15 sheets). These papers are accompanied by various drawings of the figure, fashion prints and diagrams. There are also handwritten notes on a 'composition class'.

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• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.