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Show the question of telling your story well. The wis artist holds the middle course between the Scyllao too much technique and the Charybdis of to much subject.Given then the technique, the powe of expression,alwaysandagain,still backof that, lie the feeling to express. If the old phrase about th personality of the artist behind the picture seem hackneyed, turntoaconcreteexample.Compare th etched portrait of Ephraim Bonus by Rembrand with the one of the same physician puton coppe by Lievens. It seems as though Rembrandt sa only what lay above a certain line in his subject' character and Lievens only what lay below it A.M.Hind draws a similar parallel between Va Dyclk's etched portrait of Lucas Vorsterman, "o dignified countenance and swagger bearing"an "the somewhat wizened features of the same en graver as drawn by Lievens." In the hands of th two masters features and characteristics wer ennobled, while Lievens set them down with a uncompromising insistence on the outer shell Etching is a process of obviously great advantage i recordingthelifeof theday;through theveryfacilit inhandlingwhich itofferstheartist,itsadaptabilit tothiequickand summary renderingof impressions and the autographic character of the prints produced. Some French etcher is said to have asserte thatartists paint on any day but etch onlyon thei good days. Whether this be accepted as more tha Digital image© 2005 |
