Thursday 27 March 2014

Jan van Rymsdyk Drawings




Every so often I come across work which which both excites me through its skillful execution and draws me in through it fascinating subject matter, instilling in me a range of emotions running from wonder to downright repulsion and terror; in short it keeps me coming back for more and more. Van Rymsdyk's drawings certainly falls under this category and are my main inspiration right now for my own work.











 











 Images sourced from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/hunterw_home.html and http://php.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php?title=Embryology_History_-_William_Smellie

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing the pictures. No doubt they are great examples of engraving.

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  2. Hi Luana.

    You are welcome and yes I agree wholeheartedly, I still find myself coming back to these daily and finding new things to look at every time, a sure sign of a great art work.

    Thanks for stopping by and commenting,

    Patrick

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