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Kudo's to jouste for passing this link along. A fella over @ Conceptart.org has put together this healthy list of free e-art books (...)

Bridgman, George B., 1939. The Human Machine.
http://www.archive.org/details/humanmachinethea009564mbp

Bridgman, George B., 1920. Constructive anatomy
http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft

Blake, Vernon, 1927. The Art And Craft Of Drawing
http://www.archive.org/details/artandcraftofdra027904mbp

Crane, Walter, 1914. Line & Form.
http://www.archive.org/details/lineform00cranuoft

De Laszlo, 1934. Painting a Portrait.
http://www.archive.org/details/paintingaportrai000674mbp

Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock. Methods And Materials Of Painting Of The Great Schools And Masters
Volume One
http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofpainti01kugliala
Volume Two.
http://www.archive.org/details/methodsandmateri011267mbp

Guptill, Arthur Leighton,1922. Sketching and Rendering in Pencil.
http://www.archive.org/details/sketchingrenderi00guptuoft

Holmes, C. J. 1920. Notes on the science of picture-making.
http://www.archive.org/details/notesonscienceof00holmuoft

Poore, Henry Rankin, 1903. Pictorial composition and the critical judgment of pictures.
http://www.archive.org/details/pictorialcomposi00pooruoft

Ross, Denman Waldo, 1907. A theory of pure design; harmony, balance, rhythm.
http://www.archive.org/details/theoryofpuredesi00rossuoft

Ruskin, John. The elements of drawing (1920 edition).
http://www.archive.org/details/elementsofdraw00ruskuoft



Richter, Jean Paul, The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci (Volume 1 and 2).
The same illustrated edition of Leonardo notebooks that was reprinted by Dover.
http://www.archive.org/details/literaryworksofl01leonuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/literaryworksofl02leonuoft

Stone, Irving And Jean, 1962. I, Michelangelo, Sculptor (Michelangelo's Letters).
http://www.archive.org/details/IMichelangeloSculptor

Whistler, James McNeill, 1909. The gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right.
http://www.archive.org/details/gentleartofmakin00whisuoft

Ludovici, Anthony Mario, 1912 - The letters of a post-impressionist; being the familiar correspondence of Vincent van Gogh.
http://www.archive.org/details/lettersofpostimp00goghuoft

Gauguin, Paul, 1919. Noa Noa. Translated from the French by O.F. Theis.
http://www.archive.org/details/noanoatranslated00gauguoft



Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (complete in ten volumes).
http://www.archive.org/details/livesofmostemine01vasauoft
to
http://www.archive.org/details/livesofmostemine10vasauoft

Clark, Kenneth, 1952. Leonardo Da Vinci An Account Of His Development As An Artist.
http://www.archive.org/details/leonardodavincia013645mbp

Hind, Charles Lewis. Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.
http://www.archive.org/details/drawingsofleonar00leonuoft

Mount, Charles Merrill, 1955. John Singer Sargent - A Biography.
http://www.archive.org/details/johnsingersargen000439mbp

Marillier, H. C. 1912. The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley.
http://www.archive.org/details/earlyworkwithpre00bearuoft

The later work of Aubrey Beardsley.
http://www.archive.org/details/laterworkofaubre00bearuoft

Quennell, Peter, 1955. Hogarth's Progress.
http://www.archive.org/details/hogarthsprogress011296mbp

Clapp, 1916 - Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo, his life and work.
http://www.archive.org/details/jacopocaruccidap00clapuoft

Panofsky, Erwin, 1955. The Life and Art of Albrecht Durer.
The classic study of Durer
http://www.archive.org/details/lifeandartofalbr000686mbp

Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1906. Hokusai, the old man mad with painting.
http://www.archive.org/details/hokusaioldmanmad00strauoft

Whistler (lots)
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=whistler%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20collection%3Atoronto%20AND%20subject%3A%22Whistler%2C%20James%20McNeill%2C%201834-1903%22

Clark, Kenneth. The Romantic Rebellion.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheRomanticRebellion

Clark, Kenneth, 1949. Landscape into Art.
http://www.archive.org/details/landscapeintoart000630mbp

Panofsky, Erwin, 1955. Meaning In The Visual Arts - Papers In and On Art History.
http://www.archive.org/details/meaninginthevisu010505mbp


10 works illustrated by NC Wyeth .
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Wyeth%2C%20N.%20C.%20%28Newell%20Convers%29%22

30+ works illustrated by Howard Pyle (+ 10 on Gutenberg).
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=howard%20pyle

28 works by, or illustrated by Walter Crane.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=walter%20crane%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts


EDIT: Check below the dotted line for new recommendations
Pen Illustration

Maginnis, Charles. Pen Drawing - An Illustrated Treatise
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17502 (4.9 MB zip)

Sullivan, Edmund J. 1921. The Art Of Illustration.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheArtOfIllustration

Sullivan, Edmund J. 1922. Line - an art study
http://www.archive.org/details/lineartstudy00sulluoft


Books illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Goblin Market (scanned by chaosrocks)
http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/?action=view&current=1166111935.pbw
http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/?action=view&current=1166111772.pbw
http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/?action=view&current=1166111696.pbw

Vernon Jones, V. S.1916.
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