Terms and phrases
____________ (a mineral made up of carbon) wasn’t used as a writing tool till around 1565.
Graphite
Which artist did we look at that drew horses to practice for his "Adoration of the Magi" painting.... we also viewed the horse in his underpainting (which is not a finished painting, only a monochromatic version)
_____________________
Leonardo da Vinci
Advantages:
Did not ___________ like charcoal
smudge
A metal stylus that was used to draw (what we are using)
silverpoint
This artist was famous for his woodcuts, we have examples of his work out in the dining hall. What is his name? ____________________________________
Durer
challenges to working with silverpoint
Difficult to impossible to ____________
erase
The metal stylus used is called _____________________if using other metals such as copper or bronze.
We looked at work specifically from 4 different Renaissance artists... what were their names
Raphael, Albrecht Durer, Filippino Lippi and Leonardo
challenges to working with silverpoint
Could only produce one ____________
shade
There are traditional steps to
_______ _____ ___________
for the silverpoint.
* The metal stylus would not make a mark on an unprepared paper.
prepare the surface
In the Renaissance, this was used as a _____________________ sketch, before the final piece was painted.
preliminary
Advantages:
Excellent for recording __________
details
If you were between the ages of 12-14 you could become a master artist’s _____________________ and would start using this medium to help learn precision in drawing as you trained.
apprentice
what 3 materials were traditionally used to prepare the paper surface to write with silver or another metal?
__________, ____________, ____________
bone ash, animal glue and water.
Advantages:
Not vulnerable to _________
fading