Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Sunday, October 11, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
"An undulating form, one that resembles a flame, animates the contours and lends them nobility, elegance and truth. This is what is called the sense of contour, and to attain it Correggio cannot be too much imitated..."
- Antoine Coypel, Discourse on the Aesthetics of the Painter (1720)
oil on wood, 12" x 12"
"An undulating form, one that resembles a flame, animates the contours and lends them nobility, elegance and truth. This is what is called the sense of contour, and to attain it Correggio cannot be too much imitated..."
- Antoine Coypel, Discourse on the Aesthetics of the Painter (1720)
posted by silver fortress at Friday, October 09, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Magda Tondo (in progress) - NFS
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on wood, tondo 12" x 12"
oil on wood, tondo 12" x 12"
posted by silver fortress at Thursday, October 08, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Drawing for Tondo
by N. Michelle Tully
blue pencil on light blue paper
24" x 18" 2009
blue pencil on light blue paper
24" x 18" 2009
posted by silver fortress at Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Study for Tondo
by N. Michelle Tully
oil on linen, 5" x 5"
oil on linen, 5" x 5"
posted by silver fortress at Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
Magda Furiosa - NFS
by Timothy Stotz
charcol, chalk and Roché pastel
on blue paper 25" x 19"
"For the greatest grace and charm that a figure may have is to seem to move, which painters call the 'fury' of the figure. And there is no form more fit to express this motion than that of the flame of fire."
G.P. Lomazzo Trattato dell'arte della pittura (1584)
charcol, chalk and Roché pastel
on blue paper 25" x 19"
"For the greatest grace and charm that a figure may have is to seem to move, which painters call the 'fury' of the figure. And there is no form more fit to express this motion than that of the flame of fire."
G.P. Lomazzo Trattato dell'arte della pittura (1584)
posted by silver fortress at Monday, October 05, 2009
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