NOTE:
*To sketch or not to sketch? Great little discussion at CORE 77 (wonderful design site).

*Drawing From A Photograph... The Debate of Historical Precedent.



*Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) - arguably the "Father of Modern Art" - created a set of 80 aquatint prints during the 1790s called Caprichos. I encourage a visit to the copy in The Arno Schmidt Reference Library.

Key:

Contrast Ratio (High/Mid/Low)

Gradation

Volume/Mass

Value:
Aubrey Beardsley (August 21, 1872 – March 16, 1898) English.IMAGE LINK












































































Giorgio Morandi (June 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) Italian.IMAGE LINK
*Review of Morandi retrospective: NY Times

















Natura Morta (1962)


















Paul Noble.(b.1963-)British IMAGE LINK



















Paul Noble, Nobson Newtown

Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932).German.IMAGE LINK




















Gerhard Richter. Familie Wende. Oil. 1971



















Gerhard Richter. Kleiner Stuhl. Oil. 1965




















Schadel.




















Two Candles


William Kentridge(b.1955) South African.





















































Marlene Dumas (born August 3, 1953)South African.


































Grid:
Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917). French.IMAGE LINK

Chuck Close (July 5, 1940). American IMAGE LINK

Accumulation: Piranesi IMAGE LINK

Accumulation:
Giovanni Baptiste Piranesi (1720-1798). Italian.














Carceri d'invenzione: Plate XI: The Arch with a Shell Ornament (Later State), 1749–50 and 1761
Etching on 18th-century laid paper



















Remains of The Tomb of Metelli



















View of the subterranean foundation of the mausoleum.


Julie Mehretu (1970-Present). Ethiopa - African/American.

The Sphere:





Trenton Doyle Hancock. Rememor with Membry.2001.
Acrylic on canvas, 54 x 66".
Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.