World Sketch Masterpieces Selection (Volume 2)

Author: Wu Xiansheng, Pan Wenxun (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Following the traces of temptation, we cannot help but be impressed by the creative spirit of the masters; they followed tradition but never blindly adhered to it. The masters were adept at observing with their own eyes and expressing with their own hands. Leonardo da Vinci moved with ease in his colorful world; Michelangelo's paradise overflowed with the passion of life; Raphael's bright brushwork made Adam and Eve in his paintings appear so innocent and pure; Holbein's tone was like that of an old monk chanting scriptures, calm and composed; Rubens' mythological stories were bold, and he vividly depicted the charm and sensuality of women; Rembrandt, carrying the cross, wielded his tattered cloak, telling us about human suffering; Ingres' serenade was graceful and moving; Delacroix's symphony was grand and majestic. Sometimes we see Degas' ballerinas leaping lightly, and sometimes we hear the heavy footsteps of Repin's Volga boatmen. They are a unique part of the human world, a unique link in the long chain of human cultural tradition. The masters were not inheritors of tradition but creators of tradition.