In many paintings, depiction of fabrics, textiles and other clothing materials is more challenging and important than that of flesh.
Liotard
An overview of some of the articles on painting published here during the last year. From Goethe’s Faust to Leonardo da Vinci.
One of the great technical challenges in painting, glassware has been used by young and aspiring artists to demonstrate their skills. Antonello and Cranach to Liotard’s pastels.
Developed in the mid 1600s, pastels are often considered to be the ‘purest’ form of painting, in which pure pigment is applied to the ground.
The early history of pastel, from Robert Nanteuil, through the brilliant portraits of Rosalba Carriera, to Maurice Quentin de La Tour, and the hyperrealism of Liotard.
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