Michelangelo - Old man wearing a hat (Philosopher)
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- Synopsis
- This drawing is by Michelangelo about 495-1500 is pen and two shades of brown ink on paper. It is a full-length side view of an old man who is facing to the right. He is wearing a long robe that covers his whole body apart from his forearms, hands and left foot. The robe is shown with many folds as it contains a great deal of fabric. Michelangelo's interest seems to be on expressing volume, thus every fold and shadow of the man's drapery is defined with an interlocking network of tiny lines. His face and long beard are shown beneath a peaked hat. The peaked hat has a shell on its side, between the brim and the crown. The old man's forearms and hands are shown coming out from beneath the deep folds of the arms of the robe. He is holding a slightly rounded object in his hands that, as stated above, is either a skull or casket. The tactile image is very slightly smaller than the original drawing and shows an outline of the figure defined by thick lines. Thin lines and two different textures have been used to give an idea of the folds of the robe. Solid texture has been used to show the peaked hat, forearms, the rounded object held in the hands and the left foot. The shell is shown as a hollow in the solid texture of the hat.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/12/17
- Copyrighted By:
- British Museum
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.