A silverpoint drawing is used by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface. This wire is usually called as a primer or gesso. It was used since <span>the late </span>Gothic<span>/early </span>Renaissance<span> era. Advantage: </span><span> Renaissance artists used silver and occasionally lead point for preparatory sketches under their paintings and frescoes as well as for studies on paper. Disadvantage: </span><span> It is an unforgiving media because </span>silverpoint<span> lines are very difficult to erase, so fixing mistakes is not an easy task.</span>
A silverpoint drawing is used by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface. This wire is usually called as a primer or gesso. It was used since the late Gothic/early Renaissance era.
Advantage: Renaissance artists used silver and occasionally lead point for preparatory sketches under their paintings and frescoes as well as for studies on paper.
Disadvantage: It is an unforgiving media because silverpoint lines are very difficult to erase, so fixing mistakes is not an easy task.
Poussin was fascinated by ancient Rome and Italian Renaissance cultures. In his Et in Arcadia Ego that fascination has been translated into a visual text illustrating rational order and classicism. It is reminiscent of which of Raphael.
