Study for the Robe of a Madonna
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
Milan, 1467-1516, student of Leonardo da Vinci
(Kupferstichkabinett Berlin)
Seen in Vienna's Albertina Gallery at the exhibition "Leonardo, Dürer, Masters of the Rennaissance - Drawings on Coloured Ground".
("Leonardo, Dürer - Meisterzeichnungen der Renaissance auf farbigem Grund")
I visited the exhibition twice, once with the Pentax K-1 and the second time with the K-3iii Monochrome. The drawings on display were all examples of a technique known as "chiaroscuro", which simply means "light/dark". Amazing effects of light and shade are achieved using only white and black on a coloured middle ground. I thought it might be a good challenge to take photos with the monochrome camera, slightly adjusting the contrast curve to bring up the effect. I hope you like the result! I think it reproduces the three-dimensional quality achieved by these great masters.
HMT!
Study for the Robe of a Madonna
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
Milan, 1467-1516, student of Leonardo da Vinci
(Kupferstichkabinett Berlin)
Seen in Vienna's Albertina Gallery at the exhibition "Leonardo, Dürer, Masters of the Rennaissance - Drawings on Coloured Ground".
("Leonardo, Dürer - Meisterzeichnungen der Renaissance auf farbigem Grund")
I visited the exhibition twice, once with the Pentax K-1 and the second time with the K-3iii Monochrome. The drawings on display were all examples of a technique known as "chiaroscuro", which simply means "light/dark". Amazing effects of light and shade are achieved using only white and black on a coloured middle ground. I thought it might be a good challenge to take photos with the monochrome camera, slightly adjusting the contrast curve to bring up the effect. I hope you like the result! I think it reproduces the three-dimensional quality achieved by these great masters.
HMT!