Ideal Pastoral Life 1829 Edward Calvert British Calvert, the oldest member of the Ancients, was arguably its finest printmaker. His masterful control of line, strong articulation of light and shade, and bold sense of design lend his tiny lithographs surprising power, drawing the viewer into the intricate worlds that they describe. Calvert's approach to lithography was unusual and may have been inspired by Blake's method of relief etching, which combined additive and subtractive processes. After drawing his design on the lithographic stone in tushe, a greasy black ink applied with a pen, Calver
Ideal Pastoral Life 1829 Edward Calvert British Calvert, the oldest member of the Ancients, was arguably its finest printmaker. His masterful control of line, strong articulation of light and shade, and bold sense of design lend his tiny lithographs surprising power, drawing the viewer into the intricate worlds that they describe. Calvert's approach to lithography was unusual and may have been inspired by Blake's method of relief etching, which combined additive and subtractive processes. After drawing his design on the lithographic stone in tushe, a greasy black ink applied with a pen, Calvert then scratched away passages using a needle, creating fine white lines similar to those found in wood engraving. Here, a womans tends a flock of sheep near a rustic fence as a man emerges from a wood, guiding a single sheep back towards the Ideal Pastoral Life 356795
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