Classic portraits

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About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles Chalk Drawing made with chalk, a white marine rock that is traditionally white in colour and can sometimes be coloured. Acrylic Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins. Charcoal Drawing made with a branch of Willow or charcoal of charred Europe. It enables to obtain very deep blacks, precise traces, thin or on the contrary very broad, depending on the way it is used. Graphite Black and white drawing made with a…

Create a classical and realistic portrayal of a Renaissance man expressing charity, inspired by antique baroque paintings.

Carlo Dolci (Florence, May 25, 1616 - Florence, January 17, 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His painstaking technique made him unsuited for large-scale fresco painting. He painted chiefly sacred subjects, and his works are generally small in scale, although he made a few life-size pictures. He often repeated the same composition in several versions, and his daughter, Agnese Dolci, also made excellent copies of his works. [Oil on canvas, 71 x 54 cm]…

TIME looks back on one of the most iconic portraits ever captured of the actress, who was born on Feb. 27, 1932.

Born 1908 in Kiev, Ukrainian-American actress Anna Sten was spotted as an actress in Russia during an amateur performance in 1923. She went ...