Hereward Lester Cooke (1916–1973)
Author of Painting Techniques of the Masters: Painting Lessons from the Great Masters, Revised and Enlarged Edition
About the Author
Image credit: Lester Cooke at Grand Coulee Dam, Washington
Source: US Bureau of Reclamation Fine Art Collection
Source: US Bureau of Reclamation Fine Art Collection
Works by Hereward Lester Cooke
Painting Techniques of the Masters: Painting Lessons from the Great Masters, Revised and Enlarged Edition (1967) 69 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art (10 Volumes in slipcase) (1967) 86 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1916
- Date of death
- 1973
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Oxford
Yale University
Princeton University (PhD) - Occupations
- painter
art historian
curator - Organizations
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA (curator of painting, 1961-1973)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New Jersey, USA
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Reviews
Publicado em cooperação com a National Gallery of Art de Washington, escrito pelo respectivo curador de pintura, àquela época, este é um trabalho essencial para amantes da arte que queiram entender a metodologia visual das obras-primas daquela galeria. Cooke oferece lições singulares em técnicas de pintura, com detalhes, diagramas e close-ups de seções significativas de cada quadro. Ele concentra-se nas funções: linha, forma tridimensional, espaço, cor, desenho, pincelada e show more procedimentos técnicos. Exercícios práticos são incluídos para ensinarem o leitor a aplicar e reconhecer as técnicas variadas dos mestres: paisagens, marinhas, retratos, naturezas-mortas e outras figuras dos maiores mestres da pintura ocidental: Leonardo, Rafael, Botticelli, Ticiano, Goya, Velásquez, El Greco, Rembrandt, Rubens, Durer, Vermeer, Bruegel, Ingres, Poussin, Corot, Renoir, Manet, Cézanne, Degas, Courbet, Monet, Gauguin, Turner, Constable, Gainsborough, Homer e Picasso. show less
Eyewitness to Space. Paintings and Drawings Related to the Apollo Mission to the Moon (1963 to 1970). by Hereward Lester Cooke
Covering the early years of the Apollo and Gemini Missions, this massive record of the Apollo Mission to the moon in the years 1963-1970, present NASA's humanity amongst the technology. The 289 plates, 103 in full color are selected mostly from the NASA collection. This is an artbook, written by the curator of painting at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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- Works
- 10
- Also by
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- Members
- 172
- Popularity
- #124,307
- Rating
- 4.4
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 6
- Languages
- 2





