Sun, 27 December 2015
Happy Holidays! - Enjoy this repeat episode which details the rise of academic institutions in the training of artists.
Direct download: Episode_47.5_-_From_Apprentice_to_Academy_redux.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am EDT
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Sun, 20 December 2015
The greatest sculptor in Florence between the time of Donatello and the rise of Michelangelo, Andrea del Verrocchio explored figurative composition like no sculptor before him - but his greatest contribution to art might be in the painters he taught - from Ghirlandaio and Signorelli, to Leonadro da Vinci himself.
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Sun, 13 December 2015
In a career cut short by an early death, Desiderio Da Settignano nevertheless managed to rival Donatello in relief work, and re-invent the genre of child portraiture in sculpture, bringing the Age of Ugly Renaissance Babies to a thankful end.
Direct download: Episode_46_-_Desiderio_Da_Settignano.mp3
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Sun, 6 December 2015
"I tried to fire my sculpture once, and it blew up in the kiln." -And thus endeth the exploration of terracotta sculpture for many a clay modeller. But it doesn't have to be that way! In this Shop Talk episode, Jason discusses tips and tricks, principles and practices of modelling figurative work for firing into terracotta.
Direct download: Episode_45_-_from_terra_cruda_to_terracotta.mp3
Category:Shop talk -- posted at: 12:00am EDT
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