<CHARLES BARGUE AND JEAN-LEON GEROME>: The Bargue-Gér?me Drawing Course is a complete reprint of a famous, late nineteenth century drawing course. It contains a set of almost two hundred masterful lithographs of subjects for copying by drawing students before they attempt drawing from life or nature. Consequently it is a book that will interest artists, art students, art historians and lovers and collectors of drawings. It also introduces us to the work and life of a hitherto neglected master: Charles Bargue.

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

 The History of the Drawing Course, p. 10; Public Controversy over Teaching

 Materials, p. 12; Goupil Proposes a Solution, p. 13; The Organization of the

 Drawing Course, p. 16

PART I: DRAWING AFTER CASTS

  (MODELES D'APRE-S LA BOSSE)

 Introduction, p. 18; Practical Matters: Using the Plates as Models to Copy,

 p. 22; The Schemata or Plans, p. 22; Materials, p. 23; Drawing Terms, p. 23;

 Suggestions for Copying the Plates, p. 24; Values and Modeling, p. 25;

 Procedure for Modeling, p. 26; Finishing the Drawing, p. 27; Notes on the

 Plates, p. 98

PART II: COPYING MASTER DRAWINGS

  (MODELES D'APRE-S LES MAITRES)

 Introduction, p. 128; Realism, Idealism, and Academic Drawing, p. 129;

 Practical Matters, p. 131; On Choosing a Master Drawing to Copy: The

 Benefits of Copying, p. 131; Getting Down to Copying, p. 132; A .Note

 About the Drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger, p. 133; Notes on the

 Plates, p. 168

PART III: PREPARATION FOR DRAWING ACADEMIES

(EXERCICES AU FUSAIN POUR PRE-PARER

A L'ffLTUDE DE L'ACADE-MIE D'APRES NATURE)

 Introduction, p. 180; Ancient Sculpture as the Model of True

 Beauty: The Prevalence of Male Models, p. 181; .Practical Matters:

 Copying the Drawings, p. 183; Some Notes on Bargue's Style, p. 184;

 A Repertoire of Traditional Poses, p. 185; Notes on the Plates, p. 240

CHARLES BARGUE, THE ARTIST

 Introduction, p. 252; Bargue's Early Career, p. 252; From Craftsman to

 Artist: Bargue's Early Development, p. 256; Bargue and Goupil & Cie,

 p. 260; Goupil's Reductions, p. 263; The Drawing Course, p. 264; Bargue's

 Work During the 1870s, p. 265; A Possible Voyage to the Near East:

 Bargue's First Orientalist Paintings, p. 266; A Rococo Theme: The Artist and

 His Mode/of 1874, p. 272; Compositional Experiments, p. 274; The Artist

 and His Mode/of 1878, p. 274; Mosque Scenes, p. 275; A Bashi-Bazouk

 and Some Albanians, p. 275; Bargue's Final Five Years, 1878-83, p. 276;

 Two Chess Games, p. 277; Bargue's Death, p. 280

A Preliminary Catalogue of Bargue's Paintings

Drawings by Bargue Reproduced in This Study

Appendix 1: The Goupil Brochure: On Models for Drawing Classes

Appendix 2: The Sight-Size Technique

  An Experienced Artist and Teacher Defines the Sight-Size Technique,

  p. 318; Using Sight-Size to Copy the Bargue Plates, p. 318; How Old Is the

  Technique?, p. 318; Necessary Conditions for Sight-Size Practice, p. 319;

  Excursus: Shadow Boxes, p. 320; Drawing after a Cast: Positioning the

  Drawing, p. 320; Drawing after a Cast: Measuring Apparent Distances,

  p. 322; Drawing after Flat Models: Bargue's Plates, p. 322; Pros and Cons

  Concerning the Sight-Size Technique: A Dialogue, p. 323

Appendix 3: A 1926 Article on Bargue's Drawings (in facsimile)

Glossary of Technical Terms

Notes

Photographic credits