Ars Nigra. La gravure en manière noire aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Peinture hierarchical

hierarchical

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Mitterrand

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through representations related to the divine sphere

Ars Nigra. La gravure en manière noire aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Peinture hierarchicalThe technique of mezzotint engraving is said to have originated around 1640 from the bucolic but unusual conjunction of a soldier and the morning dew. The story goes that, while inspecting the guard posts at dawn, the German prince Ruprecht von der Pfalz found one of the sentries scraping the barrel of his rifle, which had been oxidized by the dew. Observing the rust speckled, half polished metal, he thought he saw figures. This was all it took for