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Sheer Delight: 0 Contents

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Full contents for this series, with lists of artists considered in each of its articles, and links to the articles.

July 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 13: A short history of clothes and fabrics in paintings

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An overview starting with the sculptural folds of the late 13th century, peaking with Raphael and Rembrandt, and dissolving with Renoir and Sargent in the early 20th century.

July 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 12: Costumbrism to Frou-frou

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Two movements concerned with depiction of clothing and fabrics: Costumbrism in Spain, with local customs, and wild fashion in French frou-frou.

July 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 11: Sorolla and Zorn

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In Spain, Sorolla was first Naturalist, then his style loosened to resemble that of Sargent; Zorn in Sweden painted early detailed watercolours before loosening up in oils.

June 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 10: Beyond reality with John Singer Sargent

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His most radical watercolours were painted after he closed his portrait studio in 1907, when they cam to transcend reality.

June 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 9: Into thin air

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Fabrics and clothing shown in paintings by Manet, Monet, Renoir and Degas show the broad range seen at the time of Impressionism.

June 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 8: Rags and tatters

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Paintings showing the ragged tatters work by peasants and labourers, from social realism and Naturalism between 1850-90.

June 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 7: Uniformity and dissolution

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David’s Neoclassicism brought uniformity and lack of surface texture. Romanticism followed, with garments dissolving into brushstrokes.

June 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 6: Flesh and fashion

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Pastellist like Rosalba Carriera led the way in making marks to create the illusion of finely detailed fabrics. This contrasts with smooth and detailed faces.

May 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 5: Fooling the brain

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From Veronese’s bravura brushstrokes to the crafted surface textures of lavish and heavy fabrics with Rembrandt.

May 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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