Groundwork: A History of the Renaissance Picture Kim David Young
Groundwork: A History of the Renaissance Picture Kim David Young An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintingThe Italian Renaissance picture is…
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Groundwork: A History of the Renaissance Picture Kim David Young
An illuminating look at a fundamental yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintingThe Italian Renaissance picture is renowned for its depiction of the human figure, from the dramatic foreshortening of the body to create depth to the subtle blending of tones and colors to achieve greater naturalism. Groundwork provides the first in-depth examination of the complex relationship between figure and ground in Renaissance painting. Yet these techniques rely on a powerful compositional element that often goes overlooked.
In laying the material foundation, artists perform groundwork, opening the ground as a zone that can precede, penetrate, or fracture the figure. "Ground" can refer to the preparation of a work's surface, the fictive floor or plane, or the background on which figuration occurs. David Young Kim looks at the work of Gentile da Fabriano,