Jackie Honsig-Erlenburgさんのイラストまとめ

This Archangel Gabriel. Definitely one of Pontormo’s finest creations.

The extraordinary light, softness of the colours, billowing drapery and ethereal presence.

Amazement. Disbelief.

Extraordinary times then.

Julius Caesar triumphantly returns to Rome after defeating the Gauls.

What a celebration! Trumpets, banners, standards, even painted scenes of other battles and victories carried by proud soldiers. Colourful robes and uniforms, music, jubilation.

All Mantegna’s vision.

Giotto painted the most extraordinary angelic beings.

Hovering, swooping and gesturing their pathos, empathy and raw emotion.

One can just hear their cries. Powerful.

Piero, mathematician and geometer and painter of beautiful details. #renaissance #arezzo

The Garden of Love ‘...where men and women would meet to dance, sing and pursue romance’

That fabric though.

*Studio of Antonio Vivarini, 1465-70

Preparatory drawings are so enlightening.

Raphael did figure studies looking closely at the form of the figure & how it moved naturally in that pose. Then he would would add drapery to the figure before deciding on composition & colour.

He was very methodical. He had a system.

The painting & drawing, of a 4thC princess,Catherine of Alexandria.

The essence of a Raphael. Grace, elegance & an extraordinary mastery of his craft.

The contrapposto, the serpentine pose, the delicate spiral of hair, mirrored in the lining of cloak. It’s hard to look away.

The breathtaking elegance of a Giotto fresco.

#giotto #fresco #italy #italianart

Drawing from paintings.

It’s the best way to get to know the artist and the artwork. You follow the brushstrokes, the shapes, the figures, the composition, the details.

All the while, making surprising discoveries.

*Diana and Callisto by Titian