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Si Vis Pacem and have a look at a master's work. John Singer Sargent has always been a favorite of mine, and I use many of his watercolor paintings to illustrate points in my classes. Ran has an excellent example of his oil work on display, cleverly juxtaposed with a piece by Diego Velasquez.
John Singer Sargent
One of his many paintings of Venice. Not what anyone would consider a normal composition; light is the feature here, and the architectural details, which one might mistakenly think are the subject of this painting, are just props for hanging light and shadows.
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1 comments:
WOW! I hadn't seen these. Marvelous contrasts. Dense color! His scenes look - smell - like the time and place.
Thanks!
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