The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, 15 June-23 September 2018
This first exhibition in an exciting new partnership with the Royal Collection Trust explores the use of drawings – as preparatory sketches and studies for paintings and frescoes, tapestries, sculpture or architecture, and as detailed working designs that allow an artist to explore the subject or trial compositional ideas. It included a wealth of exquisite works on paper by outstanding Renaissance and Baroque Masters, including Bernini, Carracci, Claude and Poussin.
Filippo Lauri, A ceiling design for Palazzo Borghese, 1671, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
The artists featured used a great variety of techniques and media, and their work thus provides a rich introduction to the practical skills of drawing.
The exhibition has been curated by students on MA Art History and Curating under the guidance of staff at Royal Collection Trust and the Barber. Generous loans by Her Majesty The Queen were supplemented by items from the Barber’s collection. The exhibition was accompanied by a booklet researched and written by the student co-curators; available at the Barber.
This exhibition was curated by: Ruth Léger, Aikaterini Nakatsiadi, Chris-Ann Panther, Risa Teshirogi, and India Wilson.
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