This intensely atmospheric drawing was made in preparation for a figure in Savoldo's altarpiece in the church of Santa Maria in Verona. Saint Paul, Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1533Īudio: Discover the techniques Savoldo employed to represent the human face. See a close-up of God's hand holding the celestial orb. At lower center the vestige of an underlying red chalk sketch is still partially visible. This sheet was hurriedly prepared with blue, which can be seen from the brushstrokes at lower right. Black chalk and gray wash form the shadows, and Carpaccio's characteristic thin lines of white gouache stand as highlights, even picking out individual hairs on the beard. The composition is created almost entirely in light and shade. With one hand raised in blessing and the other holding a celestial orb, God the Father looks out from among clouds in this drawing by Venetian artist Vittore Carpaccio.
God the Father, Vittore Carpaccio, about 1495–1500 Lighting was also important to Mantegna, who apparently installed a new window in the church to control the light on the painting. Meticulous pen lines and hatching show the figures and drapery partly from below, as they would have been seen by the viewer. In this preparatory study for the left panel, a column is visible at right and a base at left. The altarpiece was remarkable for its unification of figures, frame, and architecture. This is a preparatory study for an altarpiece in the church dedicated to Saint Zeno in Verona, Italy ( see images on Wikipedia). Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno), Andrea Mantegna, 1456–59Īudio: Learn more about how the artist created space in this drawing. See a close-up of the sitter's eye and cheek.Īndrea Previtali was a pupil of Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini, whose drawings Fortitude and Standing Man Wearing a Turban are also on view in the exhibition. A few touches of white chalk below the eyes and at the edge of her right cheek provide hints of stronger light. Black chalk was used with almost infinite subtlety on the cheek, and in the shadows of the headdress a web of short, dancing lines render the texture. The simple beauty of the portrait above belies the extraordinary technical virtuosity with which it was made. Later, black chalk was adopted, allowing broad forms and intense contrast, a good match for the blue paper. A tradition emerged of small, meticulous drawings made in pen and ink or with a fine brush. Venetian draftsmen popularized blue-colored paper, which provided a useful midtone for such effects.
Venetian drawing sought pictorial effects through fragmented forms, depictions of light and shade, and a concentration on atmosphere over precise detail. In Florence and Rome the human figure was studied intensively through life drawing, while in Venice artists embraced the use of blue paper and the keen study of light and composition. During this period, drawing transitioned from a slavish part of the design process to an esteemed and independent activity.īuilding on the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci, who popularized "brainstorm" sheets filled with ideas as well as the use of red chalk, artists explored new possibilities for the medium. Paul Getty Museum's collection are featured in this exhibition, which explores the birth of modern drawing practice during the Italian Renaissance (1480–1550). For these areas, instead of using the loom’s built-in beater (which packs each weft thread in across the whole tapestry), she uses a hand beater, which is similar in both size and shape to an Afro comb.Portrait of a Young Woman, attributed to Andrea Previtali, about 1520–25Īudio: Hear curator Julian Brooks discuss the sitter in this drawing. To make them, she turns to the “eccentric weave” method of tapestry making, which allows her to work on shapes that wouldn’t be possible to create otherwise.
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The image is full of diagonals: the design of her tattoo, the strands of hair falling over her breast, her curled hands. In Baby Boo, for instance, Riley-who has dermatillomania, an obsessive-compulsive disorder-portrays herself picking at her skin. The image determines the weaving method used. She compares it to crosshatching in a drawing. To make gradients, Riley works with three to eight shades of one color, overlapping them to create a seamless progression of values.
For bigger sections of solid color, she will place the bobbin onto a shuttle, a tool that makes the work easier. The wool is wound onto bobbins so it doesn’t tangle as she weaves. After the loom has been warped, Riley begins passing colored yarn (the weft) back and forth through the warp threads.
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