1542
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Squelettes et Ecorches is a 1542 ink by Domenico del Barbiere, a Renaissance work, depicting Anatomy, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows skeletons and flayed skin in careful rows. The artist etched bones with sharp lines. Light falls on some ribs, leaving others dark. Domenico del Barbiere used tiny parallel lines to build shading. This cross-hatching trick makes the bodies feel real. You can almost feel the weight of the bones. The same style shows up in prints by Albrecht Dürer. Check his "The Apocalypse" series next.
Domenico del Barbiere (c. 1506 – c. 1570) was a Florentine artist of the Renaissance period, also referred to as Domenico Fiorentino, and, in France, Dominique Florentin. He settled and married at Troyes in France…
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