ARTHI 121A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Thomas Mifflin, Tea Act
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Self trained from examples left from peter pella. Comparison between the two, color is added like smibert, but it"s still a little harsh. Copley paints the royal wealthy class, he understood the sitters and what they wanted because he came from an upper merchant class. Hand and head looks realistic and anatomy, he understand anatomy and realism, but problem on overindulgence on every detail, can"t figure out what should be asserted and what should be subdued. Mary & elizabeth royall, used conventional poses and integration of everything. The coloring is not considered good taste in england. The hand on the shoulder has weight, doesn"t look like it"s floating, looks like it has weight. His painting is very gently worked, whereas europe just paints. From the painting, you can see that the girl is actually thinking, there"s now a connection. Influenced in the colors and textiles of blackburn. The hand looks more real in royall"s painting.
