![]() ![]() Even though basic procedure was occasionally outlined, and recipes were given for specific palettes, the actual craft of making a picture was transmitted from masters to young artists through years of apprenticeship (normally from 4 to 6). ![]() Period painting manuals were more apt to discuss theoretic issues of the noble art of painting rather than the practical side of painting. What we now know of seventeenth-century Dutch painting methods is based largely on information gleaned from contemporary painting manuals integrated with the results of modern scientific analysis. It is not an easy chore to reconstruct with any degree of precision how Vermeer painted. ( A Five Part Study plus a brief overview of is technique and stylistic evolution and a few considerations on the techniques of the old masters.) Overview of Vermeer's painting technique. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2023
Categories |