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J.M.W. jumps to mind when we think of artists investing motion and energy in rendering architecture. This investment provides an image which suggests more volume, atmosphere, and noise which comes at the expense of stolid measured accuracy. I side with … Continued
Have you seen Pieter Bruegel’s painting of winter, “Hunters in the Snow” from 1565? It’s an early European depiction of winter. Persian and Chinese landscape painters had pictured winter even earlier. By the late 19th century Impressionists from Claude Monet … Continued
500 years before DaVinci introduced s’fumato’s smoky edges and misty landscape backgrounds for his portraits Sung Dynasty Chinese artists had already discovered the value of obscuring mist as a segway between mountains and a method for creating a feeling of … Continued
Like me, as a child you may have blown ink puddles with a straw directing spidery ink strings. And, you may have experimented with other blowing effects. From the cave paintings at Lascaux to traditional Chinese painting blowing the paint … Continued
A big question in art has been how to build the illusion of space on a flat two dimensional surface. The answers are many and have unfolded differently in different cultures and times. There are also many shared and overlapping … Continued
How can the artist lure the mind’s eye into infinite musing? There are demonstrable strategies. They depend on both biological predilections and culturally acquired systems. Following European painting traditions these include: orienting planes with varying inclines toward an infinite goal, … Continued