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Romance and Subtleties of Black in French Art at Getty
Dyanne Weiss | Guardian Liberty Voice | 8th February 2016
Technology can change the trajectory of art. Nineteenth century innovations in paper and drawing materials, seen as radical at the time, dramatically changed – and elevated – charcoal drawing. On studying one such drawing, a Getty curator was astonished: “I realized the complexity of the drawing was mindboggling.”” An interesting video by the Getty (5 min) is here.