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...first niellist to substitute wet ink for hard paste, to press a sheet of paper onto the metal and so invent the copperplate engraving, seems to have been a Florentine goldsmith named Maso Finiguerra (1426-64). The technique suited its period. It demanded tough, precise outline drawing and responded to absolute clarity of form. Hence it was ideal for a precisionist like Mantegna, whose few engravings are almost mineral in their sharpness. Not even the drapery on his figures was soft; with deep cuts and cracking angles, it might have been carved from obsidian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Graven Images | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...dates of the lectures in the additional series, which will be given in the New Lectures Hall at 5 o'clock, are as follows: November 13, "Finiguerra and the Beginnings of Engraving in Florence:" November 20. "Florentine Engravings:" November 25. "Mautegna and North Italian Engraving:" December 4. "Book Illustration:" December 11, "Chiaroscuro Woodcut:" and December 16. "Old Master Drawings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST NORTON LECTURE TO BE REPEATED TODAY | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...first group of lectures is on early Italian engravings and woodcuts and will be given on Thursdays at 5 o'clock starting on November 13 with a talk entitled "Finiguerra and the Beginnings of Engraving in Florence." Other dates and subjects are November 20, "Florentine Engravings;" November 25, "Mantegua and North Italian Engraving," December 4, "Book Illustration;" and December 11, "Chiaroscuro Woodcut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIND WILL DELIVER TWELVE ART TALKS | 10/29/1930 | See Source »

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