A beautiful new history of an evocative and enduring drawing technique
From the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of astonishing delicacy.
This beautifully illustrated book examines the practice of metalpoint over six centuries, in the work of artists ranging from Leonardo, Dürer, and Rembrandt to Otto Dix and Jasper Johns. A team of authors―curators, conservators, scientists―address variations in technique across time and between different schools, incorporating new scientific analysis, revealing patterns of use, and providing a rare demonstration of the medium's range and versatility. They reappraise famous metalpoints of the Renaissance and shed new light on infrequently studied periods, such as the seventeenth century and the Victorian silverpoint revival.
A new examination of an exquisite but not thoroughly understood medium, Drawing in Silver and Gold offers fresh interpretations of a practice central to the history of drawing and will serve as the most authoritative reference on metalpoints for years to come.

Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns

Arts & Photography

Sell, Stacey

Chapman, Hugo.

History & Criticism

Princeton University Press

The question of 'finish' in the artistic endeavour has been regarded with increasing fascination since the Renaissance. In the graphic arts this question has involved what it means to achieve aesthetic resolution in printmaking. The Unfinished Print investigates for the first time the history of finish and unfinish in printmaking from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century.

The Unfinished Print

Brodie, Judith

Parshall, Peter W.

Brodie, Judity

Graphic Design

Lund Humphries

The exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June-October 2001, tapped into the National Gallery's rich collection of prints, in particular the unusual impressions and working proofs, to examine unfinished works of art over the course of four centuries how to evaluate them and how to learn from them. The checklist of the exhibition is preceded by three essays: Peter Parshall (curator, old master prints, National Gallery of Art) on the problem of resolution in printmaking; Parshall's associate, Judith Brodie, on the metamorphosis of Jacques Villon's La Parisienne ; and Parshall's assistant, Stacey Sell, on Rembrandt's sketch plates. The book is co-published with Lund Humphries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Natl Gallery of Art

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