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From earliest days, artists have sought to record the beauty, form, movement, and infinite variety of the human body. Among the most successful were the great masters of the various European traditions and schools of art. The extraordinary skill, inspiration, and technique they brought to figure drawing resulted in many masterpieces.
This anthology, carefully reproduced from rare portfolios, presents over forty of those works, by artists ranging from the 15th century Italian Filippino Lippi to the 19th century French classicist, J. A. D. Ingres. Included are such highlights as a Michelangelo study for a dead Christ; two drawings of seated women by Rembrandt; a study by Rubens for Daniel in the Lions' Den, and splendid nudes by Tintoretto, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Raphael, Pontormo, and other celebrated artists.
This anthology, carefully reproduced from rare portfolios, presents over forty of those works, by artists ranging from the 15th century Italian Filippino Lippi to the 19th century French classicist, J. A. D. Ingres. Included are such highlights as a Michelangelo study for a dead Christ; two drawings of seated women by Rembrandt; a study by Rubens for Daniel in the Lions' Den, and splendid nudes by Tintoretto, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Raphael, Pontormo, and other celebrated artists.
The drawings included in this volume reveal differences in attitudes toward the nude figure and in artistic technique. Some masters, such as Tintoretto, use an agitated, almost calligraphic line, while others, such as Michelangelo, create the illusion of a smooth, undulating surface. The drawings are lessons in foreshortening, and in how to handle various media — ink, chalk, pencil, and charcoal.
These and many more artistic insights, embodied in drawings of striking beauty, are yours to study and enjoy in this collection, available nowhere else at this price.
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Federigo Baroccio (or Barocci; 1526—1612). Study for Saint Andrew. Chalk and charcoal; 350 × 274 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Paris Bordone (1500—1571). Female nude. Charcoal and chalk on cerulean paper; 200 × 320 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Pieter Brueghel the Elder? (ca. 1525—1569). Old man dancing. Pen and ink on white paper; 160 × 120 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Cecco Bravo (Francesco Montelatici; ca. 1600—1661). Study of a nude youth. Sanguine and black chalk on white paper; 333 × 230 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti; 1554—1640). Seminude male figure. Sanguine on white paper; 400 x 240 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Jacopo da Empoli. Study of a youth naked to the waist. Sanguine. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
Francesco Furini (1604—1646). Female nude seen from the rear. Sanguine on white paper; 350 × 200 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Gervasio Gatti (Il Sojaro; 1549—1631). Study for Saint Sebastian. Pencil and pen with lead heightening on cerulean paper; 240 × 430 mm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Study of a reclining female. Graphite. Library,École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Filippino Lippi (1457—1504). A nude with staff, walking. Silverpoint heightened with white on grayish paper; 275 × 85 mm. Print Room, Dresden.
Michelangelo (Buonarroti; 1475—1564). Studies for: a figure and the right hand of the Libyan Sibyl for the Sistine Chapel; six bound slaves for the tomb of Julius II; a cornice. Sanguine; 285 × 195 mm. Oxford University Galleries, Oxford.
Michelangelo. Study for a dead ...
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