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| Hans Brosamer Study of a Pleated Skirt 1530s drawing Getty |
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| Luca Forte Still Life with Grapes 1630s oil on copper Getty |
These several museum images were not selected according to who produced them. They were not selected according to their subjects, nor because of the techniques used in their making and not because of the countries or cultures they came from. This grouping is the result of squinting.
Squinting correctly, I could perceive only outlines, silhouettes, smears of color and crude forms. With a sufficiently small amount of information about each picture, I could arrange them with speed (instead of the usual painful slowness) and complete confidence (instead of the usual caution).
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| François Boucher Design for a frontispiece 18th century wash drawing Morgan Library |
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| Peter Flötner Perspective Drawing 1528 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Vincenzo Brenna Pompeian style 18th century gouache Morgan Library |
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| Rosa Bonheur Head of a Lion 1879 oil on canvas Prado |
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| Francesco Solimena Paradise : sketch model for a painted cupola ca. 1680 oil on stucco Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Benjamin West Sketch for a painting installation 1813 wash drawing Morgan Library |
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| Etienne Louis Boullée Interior of a library 18th century drawing Morgan Library |
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| François Diday Interior passage in the Colosseum 1825 oil on paper Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Bartholomeus Breenbergh Colosseum early 17th century drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Charles Angrand A Clearing ca. 1893-96 drawing Getty |