2 disc & 4 episodes. one> overeview of him/his work, two>restoration of night watch, three>his brushwork/painting, four> culture/history at the time.
series focused more on technology & processes used to uncover info. archeology of site & testing painting for authenticity.
what was new to me:
some of the tech stuff
reconstruct/repair paintings
test/determine authenticity of work
what i like most & may relate to my work:
how he made his paint > better yet, modified as he went according to need
how he would vary the ground on his pigments according to how he was going to use it. some factors were:
foreground/background
texture of object or skin
relationship to focus/subject hierarchy
it was not so straight forward as one envisions. when they tried to recreate what was done they were hard pressed to succeed. what recipes are from the day fall short & rembrandt was unusually experimental in trying to create new effects in painting with modified materials. i did not know this. most of his painting that i have seen were not that textural. yet what i saw on this documentary showed a huge amount of range. additionally he worked with how the light of the room worked with the textures & pushed the effect to enhance specific qualities in the image. for example the lace on a cuff, or the brim of a hat. up close some of it was real buttery, some transparent glazes & some course/sand like. they said a recent chemical test showed that he added stuff like egg & gum which was not a practice of oil painting at that time.
how will i use this?
more art ed/history than studio. however, it did get me thinking about texture & getting back into mixing stuff into the acrylic. just sorta burned out on it many years back. how can it be fresh to me? what can i do differently to engage me & add to my project?
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