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  2. Illusionistic ceiling painting - Wikipedia

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    Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which trompe-l'œil, perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other spatial effects are used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on an otherwise two ...

  3. History of the nude in art - Wikipedia

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    David (1501–1504), by Michelangelo, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.. The historical evolution of the nude in art runs parallel to the history of art in general, except for small particularities derived from the different acceptance of nudity by the various societies and cultures that have succeeded each other in the world over time.

  4. Claude Mellan - Wikipedia

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    Vouet encouraged Mellan to draw, considering it essential for both engraving and painting. Mellan engraved some of Vouet's works and also began drawing small portraits from life. Many of his portrait drawings were never engraved. [3] He developed a style that was simple and natural, that would be characteristic throughout his later career.

  5. Mannerism - Wikipedia

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    In Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck (1534–1540), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, highly stylized poses, and lack of clear perspective. Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the ...

  6. William Etty - Wikipedia

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    Hero recycles the pose of the dead soldier from Benaiah as the dying Hero as she lies on the body of her dead lover. [105] Unusually for Etty, Hero is painted in intentionally neutral tones rather than his usual Venetian colours, [121] and the composition uses foreshortening of the bodies to create a single diagonal across the canvas. [122]

  7. Figure drawing - Wikipedia

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    Figure drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures, using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, anatomically correct renderings to loose and expressive sketches.

  8. Perspective (graphical) - Wikipedia

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    Artists may choose to "correct" perspective distortions, for example by drawing all spheres as perfect circles, or by drawing figures as if centered on the direction of view. In practice, unless the viewer observes the image from an extreme angle, like standing far to the side of a painting, the perspective normally looks more or less correct.

  9. Palaeologan Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The scholar Lyn Rodley refers to "lurching architectural forms that suggest distant, and none too committed, reference to the formulae of perspective drawing". [37] In the mosaics and frescos of Chora Church, as well as certain other works from Constantinople, foreshortening is used for narrative purposes, making buildings lean toward the ...