Michelangelo
Study for Saint Laurence
Study for Saint Laurence
1534-1536
black chalk on paper
24,2 x 18,2 cm
Teylers
Museum, Haarlem NL
When there ever has
been one artist who has shown me that you can make a drawing in its hesitation
and search for the ultimate unconscious to a unique piece of art, it is
Michelangelo. What a happiness that most of his drawings have been meant as
sketches for other work, like paintings and sculptures. It is an interesting
question if we do not look now for autonomous quality with a today’s view. But
what does it matter. From nearly every drawing I can learn something. It has to
do with the fact that all his drawings have a certain openness, searching for
the right things, the ideal forms, the human being in all its vulnerability. In
details you see the phenomenal vision and technique glittering. From all sides sparks
passion. Following small mistakes in for example the corrections of drawing an
arm in three states, makes the drawing even more lively.
Arno Kramer,
August 28 2013
Arno Kramer (NL)
Untitled
2013
pencil on paper
43 x 51,6 cm
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