233 by mark on 11/13/01 at 7:37 PM
Re: Ingres techniques

: Does anyone can decribe Ingres techniques I really want to know?Please : Regards: Abdi Ridha Malik: Jakarta-Indonesiathe main technique Ingres seems to have used was to begin with a white, grey and black underpainting. this underpainting probably looked alot like a black and white photograph. when the underpainting was dry, full color was then brushed over the underpainting in several thin layers, allowing the underpainting to help "model" the forms..... for "proof," try to find a book on paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N.Y.City. First, the museum has a black and white version of the Grande Odalesque. Also, if you look at the portrait of the Princess De Broglie, in the "Lehman Collection" of the museum, you will see grey tones around the edges of the flesh areas. also, the blue dress has some areas where the grey tones of the underpainting show through, where the blue glaze wasn't completely brushed over the underpainting. Other paintings that seem to have this black, white and grey underpainting followed by several thin layers of color are: the portrait of Napoleon on the Throne, the Joan of Arc, The Source, Madame Moitessier (both in the Louvre), Jupiter and Thetis, and the Bather of Valpincon..... hope this helps. mark jacobson


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