The lion is not as it is drawn: lions in etching
Keywords:
Engraving, carving, nitric acid, bolt driver, lion, Alberto Durero, Rembrandt van Rijn, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 16th-17th-18th century art, Saint JeromeAbstract
Considerations on the different ways of representing the lion in etching through the work of three distinguished artists in this technique: Durero, Rembrandt and Piranesi. Differences between cultural representation codes are established and those of other naturalists who find that knowledge of the animal’s natural form is fundamental.
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