8      Preface and Acknowledgements

  10      Introduction

The History of the Drawing Course, p. 10;

Public Controversy over Teaching Materials, p. 12;

Goupil Proposes a Solution, p. 13;

The Organization of the Drawing Course, p. 16

18            PART I: DRAWING AFTER CASTS

            (MODÈLES D'APRÈS LA BOSSE)

Introduction, p. 18;

Practical Matters: Using the Plates as Models to Copy, p. 22;

The Schemata or Plans, p. 22;

Materials, p. 23;

Drawing Terms, p. 23;

Suggestions for Copying the Plates, p. 24;

Values and Modeling, p. 25;

Procedure for Modeling, p. 26;

Finishing the Drawing, p. 27;

Notes on the Plates, p. 98

            128      PART II: COPYING MASTER DRAWINGS

(MODÈLES D'APRÈS LES MAÎTRES)

Introduction, p. 128;

Realism, Idealism, and Academic Drawing, p. 129;

Practical Matters, p. 131;

On Choosing a Master Drawing to Copy:

The Benefits of Copying, p. 131;

Getting Down to Copying, p. 132;

A Note About the Drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger, p. 133;

Notes on the Plates, p. 168

180      PART III: PREPARATION FOR DRAWING ACADÉMIES

            (EXERCICES AU FUSAIN POUR PRÉPARER À L'ÉTUDE DE

            L'ACADÉMIE D'APRÈS NATURE)

Introduction, p. 180;

Ancient Sculpture as the Model of True Beauty:

The Prevalence of Male Models, p. 181;

Practical Matters: Copying the Drawings, p. 183;

Some Notes on Bargue's Style, p. 184

A Repertoire of Traditional Poses, p. 185

Notes on the Plates, p. 240

252      CHARLES BARGUE, THE ARTIST

Introduction, p. 252

Bargue's Early Career, p. 252

From Craftsman to Artist: Bargue's Early Development, p. 256

Bargue and Goupil & Cie, p. 260

Goupil's Reductions, p. 263

The Drawing Course, p. 264

Bargue's Work During the 1870s, p. 265

A Possible Voyage to the Near East: Bargue's First Orientalist Paintings, p. 266

A Rococo Theme: The Artist and His Mode/ of 1874, p. 272

Compositional Experiments, p. 274

The Artist and His Model of 1878, p. 274

Mosque Scenes, p. 275

A Bashi-Bazouk and Some Albanians, p. 275

Bargue's Final Five Years, 1878-83, p. 276

Two Chess Games, p. 277

Bargue's Death, p. 280

282      A Preliminary Catalogue of Bargue's Paintings

312      Drawings by Bargue Reproduced in This Study

316      Appendix 1: The Goupil Brochure: On Models for Drawing Classes

318      Appendix 2: The Sight-Size Technique

An Experienced Artist and Teacher

Defines the Sight-Size Technique, p. 318

Using Sight-Size to Copy the Bargue Plates, p. 318

How Old Is the Technique?, p. 318

Necessary Conditions for Sight-Size Practice, p. 319

Excursus: Shadow Boxes, p. 320

Drawing after a Cast: Positioning the Drawing, p. 320

Drawing after a Cast: Measuring Apparent Distances, p. 322

Drawing after Flat Models: Bargue's Plates, p. 322

Pros and Cons Concerning the Sight-Size Technique: A Dialogue, p. 323

326      Appendix 3: A 1926 Article on Bargue's Drawings (in facsimile)

328      Glossary of Technical Terms

330      Notes

336      Photographic credits

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