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Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns
Stacey Sell
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Description for Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 212 illus. BIC Classification: AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 207 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1634.
From the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of astonishing delicacy. This beautifully illustrated book examines the practice of metalpoint over six centuries, in the work of artists ranging from Leonardo, Durer, and Rembrandt to Otto Dix and Jasper Johns. A team of authors--curators, conservators, scientists--address variations in technique ... Read more
From the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of astonishing delicacy. This beautifully illustrated book examines the practice of metalpoint over six centuries, in the work of artists ranging from Leonardo, Durer, and Rembrandt to Otto Dix and Jasper Johns. A team of authors--curators, conservators, scientists--address variations in technique ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1645g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691166124
SKU
V9780691166124
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99-14
About Stacey Sell
At the National Gallery of Art, Stacey Sell is associate curator of old master prints and drawings, Kimberly Schenck is head of paper conservation, and John Oliver Hand is curator of northern Renaissance paintings. Bruce Weber is curator of paintings and sculpture at the Museum of the City of New York. At the British Museum, Hugo Chapman is keeper and ... Read more
Reviews for Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns
The superb exhibition catalog, edited and partly written by Ms. Sell and Mr. Chapman, represents the latest scholarship in this remarkable field, including the technical research of National Gallery paper conservator Kimberly Schenck.
Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street Journal
Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street Journal