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Heinrich Füger
Heinrich Friedrich Füger (8 December 1751 – 5 November 1818) was a German classicist portrait and historical painter. Biography Füger was born in Heilbronn. He became a pupil of Nicolas Guibal in Stuttgart and of Adam Friedrich Oeser in Leipzig. Afterward, he travelled and spent some time in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ... and Naples, where he painted frescoes in the Palace of Caserta, Palazzo Caserta. On his return to Vienna he was appointed court painter, professor, and vice-director of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy, and in 1806 director of the Belvedere Gallery. Among his historical paintings are: ''The Farewell of Coriolanus'' (Czernin Gallery, Vienna), ''Allegory on the Peace of Vienna'' (1801), ''The Death of Germanicus'' (1789), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzotint
Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio (printmaking), intaglio family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening a metal plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth, called a "rocker". In printing, the tiny pits in the plate retain the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean. This technique can achieve a high level of quality and richness in the print, and produce a furniture print which is large and bold enough to be framed and hung effectively in a room. Mezzotint is often combined with other intaglio techniques, usually etching and engraving, including stipple engraving. The process was especially widely used in England from the eighteenth century, and in France was called ''la manière anglais'' (“the English manner”). Until the 20th century it has mostly been used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
