Mural painting; illustrated
(This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...hand, provided only with a brush." In a little less than an hour Father Joasaph outlined a life-sized picture, representing Christ in the midst of his apost!es, entirely from his head, and without a single alteration, as related in the preceding chapter. He began with the figure of Christ. " First he did the head, then the rest of the body. always descending. Afterwards he drew the first apostle to the right, then the first to the left, then the second to the right, then the second to the left, and so on symmetrically for the rest. The painter sketehed with his hand raised, so to speak, and without a mahl-stick; this instrument used by our painters, would indent the moist lime. But the hand, when it trembles or is fatigued, is rested on the wall itself.". _ The outlines of the figures are filled-in with black, relieved here and there with blue, but always in flat tints. This is done by an inferior painter who draws the draperies and ornaments on this ground. The nude parts are reserved for the master All the draperies are completed, and the nimbus is outlined, before the head, hands and feet are palnte;l. The master then takes up the work and completes the head. He prepares the face with a blackish tint, and strengthens the outline with a still darker color. He paints two figures at a time, going ceaselessly from one to the other1 a change that permits the absorption of the washes without loss of time. A preliminary wash modifies the black undertone, and other washes follow quickly, the last having more body. Now the painter takes advantage of the undertone for his shadows; now he puts on his high lights; now he colors the hair; here he reddens the lips, there the cheeks; then he colors the eyes, and so on to the end. Tho nimbus serves for n...
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