ix, 218 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Part I. Lessons from the Past; Part II. Perennial Practice: Some Definitions - The Subject - The Design - Beauty of Shape - Tonal Effect - Monochrome from Colour - Detail, Breadth, and Accent - Foreground and Distance - Figures as Accessories - Genre Pictures - The Nude - Portraiture - Still Life - Concerning Skies; Part III. Problems to Come: Halation - Colour and Panchromatism - Perspective - Control in Printing.