Free art book downloads

[Gargoyle]

The Metropolitan Museum in New York has over 1400 publications online as .pdf's for free download, and a couple hundred more for online reading.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online

You can do a search for subjects like armor (159 results), engraving (149 results)

Just one example: "The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480–1620"

 

[Masgrimes]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Dave Friedman]

Dear Masgrimes..... Where are you located?
Dave

 

[Masgrimes]

I'm in Portland, Oregon. You?

-also Dave!

 

[Dave Friedman]

I kinda thought so..... Are you the individual who is very into calligraphy?

I live in Bellingham, Washington.
My son lives in Portland.
I also am a lover of script and lettering.

 

[Masgrimes]

Yes, that's me!

I'm just digging around this forum looking to learn a bit about engraving so that I can better understand certain aspects of historical calligraphy.

Do you have any samples of your work?

Here are some of mine.

https://www.instagram.com/masgrimes/

 

[Dave Friedman]

Fabulous!
I'm a little computer illiterate.... Can I possibly have your email address for an image to send?

 

[Masgrimes]

Certainly! david@masgrimes.com

 

[Jonathan.Silas]

The Metropolitan Museum in New York has over 1400 publications online as .pdf's for free download, and a couple hundred more for online reading.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online

You can do a search for subjects like armor (159 results), engraving (149 results)

Just one example: "The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480–1620"
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Awesome thank you! Great resource!

 

[Gargoyle]

https://www.instagram.com/masgrimes/

Gorgeous work. Hope you find something useful in those art books.

 

[monk]

this will keep me up beyond curfew. tyvm for sharing this

 

[Dave London]

Walter
Are you still working on restoring in Italy,any photos. Thanks Dave