Carving Marble with Traditional Tools. Discussing Oil Paint. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Isaac Peterson, Dr. Beth Harris Is painting superior? Leonardo thought so. He wrote that, between painting and sculpture, "painting is the more beautiful and the more imaginative and the more copious, while sculpture is the more durable but it has nothing else. " Why? Sculpture shows with little labour what in painting appears a miraculous thing to do; to make what is impalpable appear palpable, flat objects appear in relief, distant objects seem close. Painting can make what is not real, real. And how can you sculpt mist or clouds, or the appearance of reflective surfaces? In the first place sculpture requires a certain light, that is from above, a picture carries everywhere with it its own light and shade. Or is Sculpture Superior? Part of the reason he did this in almost all of his works was surely to celebrate the art of sculpture and (to his eyes) its advantages over painting.
Discussing Tempera Paint. Discussing Quarrying & Carving Marble. Discussing Bronze Casting.