Details of paintings in the National Museum in Warsaw

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Painting technique

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  • Detail of Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an angel (c. 1470) features Sandro Botticelli's linear style emphasized by the soft continual contours and pastel colors.[1]
    Detail of Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an angel (c. 1470) features Sandro Botticelli's linear style emphasized by the soft continual contours and pastel colors.[1]
  • Detail of Portrait of a Venetian admiral (1570s) by Jacopo Tintoretto, bears all the features of the newly developed technique called prestezza,[2] with light and gentle brush despite "roughter" way of painting.[3]
    Detail of Portrait of a Venetian admiral (1570s) by Jacopo Tintoretto, bears all the features of the newly developed technique called prestezza,[2] with light and gentle brush despite "roughter" way of painting.[3]
  • Detail of Tragedy and Comedy (1791) by Angelica Kauffmann. Harmonious and powerful colours[4] and the soft-brushed, multi-layered style of English portraitists, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough,[5] are typical for Kauffmann's paintings.
    Detail of Tragedy and Comedy (1791) by Angelica Kauffmann. Harmonious and powerful colours[4] and the soft-brushed, multi-layered style of English portraitists, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough,[5] are typical for Kauffmann's paintings.

References

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  1. ↑ R. W. Lightbown (1978) Sandro Botticelli: Life and work, University of California Press, p. 25 ISBN: 05-20033-72-8. "During the colouring Botticelli strengthened many of the contours by means of a pointed instrument, probably to give them the bold clarity so characteristic of his linear style."
  2. ↑ Jamie Anderson, Jörg Reckhenrich, Martin Kupp (2011) "Prestezza - A New Way to Paint" in The Fine Art of Success: How Learning Great Art Can Create Great Business, John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 11-19992-53-2.
  3. ↑ Grażyna Bastek. Admirał młodzieńcem podszyty. Ośrodek Kultury Europejskiej EUROPEUM. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved on 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Joyce Townsend , ed. (2008) Preparation for painting: the artist's choice and its consequences, Archetype Publications, p. 105 ISBN: 19-04982-32-8.
  5. ↑ Elizabeth Johns. Keepsakes of the Beloved: Portrait Miniatures and Profiles 1790 to 1840. Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved on 20 June 2013.
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