ART 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Li Bai, Henri Matisse, Italian Renaissance
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A third reason that artists draw is because the process is an immediate form of expression. Here, leonardo"s study for a sleeve shows fluidity and spontaneity of line. Specifically, the arm is still and smooth in contrast to the swirling drapery. Drawing types: drawing materials are often divided into two types: dry media and liquid media, each have different visual characteristics that communicate different effects. Example a: metalpoint drawing was popular during the renaissance: metalpoint involved a metal stylus applied to a surface prepared with powdered bones and gumwater. The surface has to be rough to pick up bits of silver material: wherever the stylus was applied, a chemical reaction produced line, leonardo"s study of a woman"s head (left) exhibits shadow rendered with careful hatching. The drawing could not be erased without resurfacing paper, so the loose and expressive lines here are particularly impressive. In the study on the right, the image appears soft since metalpoint doesn"t provide dramatic contrasts.
