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Minh,
If you're looking for a good book on drawing you may want to wait another month. ACR Publishers is issuing Jean-Leon Gerome and his student Charles Bargue's collaboration entitled "A Course in Design." This is the figure drawing approach that Gerome's students followed at the French Academy. These plates are currently being utilized by a number of different contemporary "academic" ateliers in their drawing instruction. The plates are annotated by the distinguished author Gerald Ackerman.
The book is being released in conjunction with the opening of a show of Bargue's drawings and paintings at the Dahesh Museum in NYC November 25. The books will be available through the museum store and I'm assuming selected bookstores. The show opens in late November. This book is a must have, IMHO.
Below is a reproduction of the cover of the French edition of the book. An English version will also be available.
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