ARTH 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fot, Sfumato, Confraternity
24 Apr 2017
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Flexible could scrape off, dries slowly: leonardo was restless and always changing his mind. Reconstruct this illustration from an architectural treatise. Writing: mirror writing; notes on the colour of turkish clothing. Leonardo"s teacher: old for pupil/assistant in his mid-20s. Wiry, muscular figures that move 3d through space. Adult life of christ baptised by john the b and the holy spirit appears. Can see jesus"s humility willing to bow down. Little girls: painted by 2 different hands, left: softer hair and skin, heavy contours, sense of things being in motion, painted by leonardo, right: wiry individual hairs, painted by verrocchio. Leonardo, adoration of the magi, unfinished oil on panel, begun in 1481, for the monks of s. Unfinished: this is under-layer, no rich colours in dress or landscape, called away to work for duke of milan. Three kings come from different regions of the world to bow down before baby christ in the rough manger.
