. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . elf. In this pcM-iod of 93 PRINTS teeming fertility in portraiture, we find anabundance of likenesses of statesmen, gen-erals, princes, nobles, of leaders in art, sci-ence, literature, and of distinguished church-men. One cannot look through these printswithout being struck by the prevalence,among them, of an element of stately aloof-ness which removes these men and womenfrom the everyday sphere of life. They lacksome of the freedom, some of the lifelikeappearance, which characterize the achieve-ments of the Netherlanders. In glancing t
. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . elf. In this pcM-iod of 93 PRINTS teeming fertility in portraiture, we find anabundance of likenesses of statesmen, gen-erals, princes, nobles, of leaders in art, sci-ence, literature, and of distinguished church-men. One cannot look through these printswithout being struck by the prevalence,among them, of an element of stately aloof-ness which removes these men and womenfrom the everyday sphere of life. They lacksome of the freedom, some of the lifelikeappearance, which characterize the achieve-ments of the Netherlanders. In glancing through the ranks of theFrench engravers, we come upon ClaudeMellan, an artist-engraver of striking origi-nality. He departs from the beaten trackof cross-hatching, and develops a manner ofshading which relies — for the rendering ofshadows — solely on the swelling line pecul-iar to graver-work. His technique is seen inthe portrait of the young Due de Guise herereproduced. Lines very lightly traced in thelighted portions, grow in strength and swell 94. DUC DE GUISEClaude Mellan
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