The methods of the Ancient Masters
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In the National Gallery, London, we can see an unfinished
painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti: “The Manchester
Madonna”. In Antwerp’s “Museum voor Schone
Kunsten”, there is an other unfinished painting by Johan Van
Eyck: “Santa Barbara”.
These paintings are interesting for us because they demonstrate
the techniques of the Masters of the 15th century. Cennino Cennini,
in his “Libro dell’Arte” (The Book of the
Art — Firenze, Italy, 1437) describes the same
techniques.
Now I’m going to illustrate this method with a picture of
one of my granddaughters.
Click on the thumbnails for a complete explanation
of each stage
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