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Hatching is especially important in essentially linear media, such as drawing, and many forms of printmaking, such as engraving, etching and woodcut. In Western art, hatching originated in the Middle Ages, and developed further into cross-hatching, especially in the old master prints of the fifteenth century.
Another technique similar to contour drawing is outline drawing; a division between form and the space a subject occupies. [4] All three types of drawing are considered to be gesture drawings; [4] the practice of drawing a series of bodies in still form. An outline drawing does not include the visual amusement of human sight, while a contour ...
In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master") [1] [2] refers to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print (for example an engraving, woodcut, or etching) made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way.
The drawing is related to the painting W106 : Two Sitting Figures: c. 1628-1629: Black chalk: 19.3 x 14.8 cm: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam: The drawing is related to the painting W23 : Three Scribes: c. 1628-1629: Pen, brush: 22.6 x 17.6 cm: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: The drawing is related to the painting W23 : Old Man with Outspread ...
The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar [1]) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Germany, mostly Cologne, between 1475 [1] /1480 and 1510. [2] Despite his anonymity, he is one of the most recognizable artists of the early Renaissance period in German art. [3]
An example of Pontormo's early style is a fresco depicting the Visitation of the Virgin and St Elizabeth, with its dancelike, balanced figures, painted from 1514 to 1516. This early Visitation makes an interesting comparison with his painting of the same subject which was done about a decade later, now housed in the parish church of St. Michael ...
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(Harmon's papers are available in the Archives of American Art.) [9] His influence on the teaching of drawing has been long-lasting and substantial, and his book is still in use today. In brief, he taught drawing by (1) exploring the edge of the subject with 'contour drawing', (2) encouraging free and rapid 'gesture drawing', (3) encouraging ...