Folder DC 047/1/2 - Lecture Notes

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DC 047/1/2

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Lecture Notes

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  • c1940s (Creation)

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67 sheets

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A series of lecture notes, presumably for the purposes of teaching at GSA. Mostly related to 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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This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.

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(1907-1979)

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William Drummond Bone RWS ARSA, was a painter in oil and watercolours who attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1928-1931. He won a travelling scholarship which took him to Europe. Bone also taught at GSA between 1935 and 1972. His early interest in art was encouraged by his uncle Sir Muirhead Bone. He is perhaps best known for his wartime watercolours; he also painted landscapes in oil and figurative drawings. He exhibited regularly at The Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute.

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