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Tintoretto’s Little Playhouses
Tintoretto sometimes made little clay or wax figures to use as models for his paintings. He would clothe them like dolls. Then he put them inside a little box, arranged them like miniature actors in a toy theater, and shined … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, Diego Velazquez, drawing, El Greco, great artists, modelling clay, oil painting, Renaissance, sculpture, Tintoretto
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