Sentences with phrase «terre verte»

In this body of work, Marden has turned his attention again to the qualities of monochrome, exploring the possibilities of terre verte (green earth), an iron silicate / clay pigment, which came into use during the Renaissance.

The catalogue highlights ten new, identically sized paintings measuring eight by six feet, employing ten different brands of terre verte oil paint in order to explore variations in hue and chromatic nuances.

Eastern Moss (2012 — 15) is a thirteen - foot - wide painting in nine small monochrome panels, each a different shade of terre verte, or green earth, a pigment commonly used during the Renaissance.

Colours: alizarin crimson, cadmium red, rose madder, verde green, terre verte green, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, ultramarine violet, transparent oxide of red, burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, yellow ochre, lemon yellow, titanium white.

Marden made his name with lyrical monochromes in the 1960's, to which he has returned using terre verte (green earth), an iron silicate / clay pigment widely adopted as a base for flesh tones during the Renaissance.

«Naples Yellow» is from the «Italian» period covering the 16 - 17th centuries, of which it constitutes a chronology of pigments, terre verte included.

Ten eight by six foot paintings employ ten different brands of terre verte oil paint, revealing the considerable variation stemming from different earth sources, and suggesting a mossy forest floor in changing degrees of shade.

Since resuming his engagement with «terre verte» Marden has begun layering oil paint of this single color, focusing his conditions in order to heighten them, so to speak.

Thus «terre verte» is both medium «and» subject for Marden as he explores its chromatic nuances while reflecting on the material exigencies of painting itself.

A walk away from the National Gallery, at Gagosian, an entire exhibition by the American painter Brice Marden is devoted to canvases each of which is painted using a different paint manufacturer's brand of terre verte.

Divided vertically, there's a neutral white field and one with a rich, almost glowing, earth hue like terre verte, raw sienna, or Italian brown pink — transparent fresco colors that give the series its name.

The upper panel presents a rich, dark red juxtaposed with a curved, terre verte area, while an orange - red haematite at the bottom envelops a deep blue, rounded form.

Eastern Moss (2012 — 15) is a monochrome painting in nine joined panels, each a different shade of terre verte, or green earth, a pigment commonly used in underpainting during the Renaissance.

cathedral series, variation 6 and 7, both 2010, employ different blues, such as ultramarine and indigo, interacting with adjacent, more matte, terre vertes and violet - hued caput mortuums.