El retrato de perfil es una de las primeras aproximaciones al dibujo del ser humano. Vemos las pinturas egipcias, reliefs or Akkadian. There is depicted a man with one of the most popular conventions: the eye of forehead and face in profile.
It tells us many times that this was due to ignorance of the artists, their limited capacity measured by observation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Noting
bust of Nefertiti, the portrait masterpiece of all time, nothing like that found in the eye.
bust of Nefertiti, the portrait masterpiece of all time, nothing like that found in the eye.
are eyes, which, surprisingly, are in full profile. In addition, the proportions between the parties agree on a millimeter face with those laid down a classic like Leonardo.
However, the same period is the profile of Akhenaten, her husband.
exemplary perfection of Nefertiti is in contrast to the breakdown in relations between the parts of the face. That ear, out of place, huge jaw and unhealthy thinness has raised the following question. Was so, really?
Sometimes we forget that we have the same ability to create, synthesize, or idealize the ancient civilizations. If our time would be just a picture sleeve, four thousand years later we despise, certainly not us noticed that human eyes do not have that enormous size, or nose is so tiny.
Sometimes we forget that we have the same ability to create, synthesize, or idealize the ancient civilizations. If our time would be just a picture sleeve, four thousand years later we despise, certainly not us noticed that human eyes do not have that enormous size, or nose is so tiny.
Profile Choose a picture to start drawing is usual. The reason is that the profile allows recognize a face by its outline , ie the lines that separate it from the bottom up, and so many references are created based on a shortened form that is easier to synthesize. The fund acts as a negative way that complements the model of the face. For example, if you look at the front of the line we draw is marked by the positive face, but also by how it leaves in the background.
Beginners of all ages have known, but when the picture became fashionable among the diversions of society, from the eighteenth ladies silhouette portraits helped by a candle and a grid.
Beginners of all ages have known, but when the picture became fashionable among the diversions of society, from the eighteenth ladies silhouette portraits helped by a candle and a grid.
Profile Jane Austen, made with the technique of the backlight and graph paper.
This idea came from the numismatic representation as an expression rulers, heroes and gods on coins and more familiar with this image. Since it was considered elegant Quatrocentto choose this type of portrait and many patrons are immortalized as well.
painted Piero della Francesca Federico da Montefeltro and his wife, in a landscape full of symbolic reference. Their profiles are cut nítidamemente on a light background. Even dared to work the backlight in the male portrait, his face clouding.
This Antonio de Pollailolo can see geometrical relationships between the parts of the face. The situation eye, always at the entrance to mark the bridge of the nose. The eyelid horizontally with the ear and chin in vertical alignment with the eye. relationships are ideals that do not allow a fixed rule but approximate.
In search of a fixed standard, perfect and mathematics, Leonardo da Vinci was dedicated. Like studied the proportions of the body, also examined the relationships between parts of the face, and how to express geometrically.
Consider these two examples of their studies.
The second is one of his studies of anatomy. It's drawing a real man, possibly a body, Leonardo superimposed a grid that relates forehead chin ear eyelid, etc. The scheme of proportions is a great help if you want to delve into the underlying proportions, but for an artist like Leonardo establishing these relationships naturally, without the help of rules. So saying, he goes alone.
But inside the outline is there, even in the picture faster. If we frame the face a square, which subdivided into four equal parts, both vertical and horizontal, we found that maintaining the relationship between eye and ear and the vertical face and chin. .
And the picture is paradigmatic. It is an ideal masculine image, that of his pupil Salai, which Leonardo admired for its beauty of Adonis.
seems easy to undertake a portrait in profile, but not so much. A few days ago, I visited the crypt of the Dukes of Alba in Loeches, Madrid. Apparently, according to our colleague Harvey told us, for the crypt, where there are a few graves, spent Moscow gold. And with it, would have to go a few militants who were entertained by drawing on the walls. There were several drawings, some simple doodles, but I especially liked two.
errors because it reminded me to comment on my students when I asked them to do a portrait. The first is this picture of a woman smoking a militia safely.
You have to look in the eye. His form has to be more triangular, but more puzzling is the situation. T iene situated just go up to the bridge of the nose, in that raid the front line inward. And not too close the edge. However, it is a mistake that is perpetuated by adults who have not honed his drawing since adolescence.
The second is the height of the ear. As we have seen, has to be horizontal with the eyelid, mm above or below. But often put it much lower.
And third, the skull size . The rectangle indicates its small size. Compare with the portrait of Salai.Es a struggle to convince them that the skull is much larger. Tend to "eat" a third party, and even doubt whether it comment and say that's a cabezón.Quizá But if they see a Leonardo end up believe me.
The reason for this failure is that fix attention on the most important features of the face , the lines of the face, and the rest is only a supplement, it is irrelevant. In a portrait head, face occupies most space, and the forehead and the hairline is defined with a few lines.
The second is the height of the ear. As we have seen, has to be horizontal with the eyelid, mm above or below. But often put it much lower.
And third, the skull size . The rectangle indicates its small size. Compare with the portrait of Salai.Es a struggle to convince them that the skull is much larger. Tend to "eat" a third party, and even doubt whether it comment and say that's a cabezón.Quizá But if they see a Leonardo end up believe me.
The reason for this failure is that fix attention on the most important features of the face , the lines of the face, and the rest is only a supplement, it is irrelevant. In a portrait head, face occupies most space, and the forehead and the hairline is defined with a few lines.
Look at this one instead. In my opinion it was done by the same hand, it shows a security in the placement of the features of a very skilled artist. still tends to make the visible part of the pupil large, when the truth is that is hidden by the eyelid. But granting undue importance in the eyes has been very common in human representations, because its expression is deposited life.
would not know how long in the crypt. The truth is that it is inhospitable. I can imagine playing cards, drinking, telling stories. Some of them would deviate from the rest and to record its presence, and your abilities. And lucky enough for anyone to erase more than seventy years. Maybe not attached importance to them, like so many piercing graffiti bearing rocks of our monuments. But beneath it beats the same feeling of permanence that Jan van Eyck wrote in his masterpiece, I was here.
would not know how long in the crypt. The truth is that it is inhospitable. I can imagine playing cards, drinking, telling stories. Some of them would deviate from the rest and to record its presence, and your abilities. And lucky enough for anyone to erase more than seventy years. Maybe not attached importance to them, like so many piercing graffiti bearing rocks of our monuments. But beneath it beats the same feeling of permanence that Jan van Eyck wrote in his masterpiece, I was here.
