Since1940,whenitwasoriginallypublished,TheArtist’sHandbookhasbeenindispensableforthousandsofpracticingartistsandartstudents.Thebookhasremainedcontinuouslyinprintthroughmanyeditionsandhassomemorethanaquarterofamillioncopies.Itis,asAmericanArtistMagazinecallsit,theartist’sbible,aninvaluablereferenceforthepainter,sculptor,andprintmaker.Duringthepastfewyears,however,newartmovementsandnewresearchhaveledtomanychangesinthetechnologyofartist’smaterials.WiththeassistanceofMayer’swidow,Bena,andhiscolleagues,VikingandStevenSheehan,DirectoroftheRalphMayerCenteratYaleUniversity,havepreparedthislatestrevisionofthebook,whichisnowcompletelyupdatedandexpanded.TheHandbookdoesretainitsoriginal,user-friendlyformat.Mayerintendedthatthisencyclopedicvolumebereferredtofrequently,andhethereforegavespecific,practicaladviceoneveryaspectofhissubject.Inaddition,hecompiledvaluablelistsfortheartist:retailsourcesformaterials,apigmentcatalog,abibliography,andanextensiveappendix.Andthedetailedindexmakesallofthisinformationimmediatelyaccessible.
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