Word: finiguerra
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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...
...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...
...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...
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