Madonna with the Pear, Albrecht Durer, Engraving, 1511, RISD.
"Engravings are objects of exquisite beauty and incomparable intricacy whose visual language is composed entirely of lines...Andrew Raftery, an accomplished engraver and Associate Professor of Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, analyzed how Early Modern engravers worked within established line systems and also diverged from them." - source: http://risdmuseum.org/thebrilliantline/
A Webby Award nominee for Best Art Website and highly interactive, the visitor can selectively view different stages of the process, from first ideas to final statements, to better understand the printmakers' art and craft.
Link The Brilliant Line, RISD Museum of Art, online exhibit, Andrew Raftery
