Craft, Training, and Production in the Early Modern Artist's Studio February 6, 2010

Craft, Training, and Production in the Early Modern Artist's Studio brings the visitor into the Early Modern (1500 AD - 1800 AD) artist's studio by featuring prints and drawings from the Ackland Collection. From Tintoretto's study of ancient sculpture to Bartolomeo Passarotti's working drawing of God the Father, this exhibition will include works that represent artist's working methods, emphasizing training, preparation, and composition. Works of art from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century will be paired with Early Modern art-critical texts, such as Alberti and Leonardo's treatises on painting, in order to engage the viewer not only in looking, but also in considering the ways in which these works function.