Painting Masterpieces

Painting Masterpieces
ISBN-10
0806937688
ISBN-13
9780806937687
Category
Painting
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Sterling Publishing (NY)
Author
Mark Churchill

Description

Walk through any museum gallery, and you'll find art students improving their own technique by copying works of the great masters. Now, do the same at home. A team of contemporary artists have chosen and reproduced 30 of the world's greatest paintings. The works include examples from the Renaissance to the present day, and differ widely in approach, style, and subject matter, encouraging versatility in the imitator. An amazing array of illustration show the re-creations at various stages, while detailed captions explain how you can copy the work exactly. Start with choosing the fight equipment, then try painting the classics, including van Eyck's Man in a Turban, Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Durer's Young Hare, Titian's Mother and Child, Matisse's Lady in Blue, Hockney's A Bigger Splash, and of course the most imitated painting of all, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

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