Diogenes, seated before his barrel, reading from a book, a plucked hen standing behind him at right, 1520–30, Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in grey-green ink, Image: 18 11/16 x 13 5/8 in. (47.5 x 34.6 cm), Prints, Ugo da Carpi (Italian, Carpi ca. 1480–1532 Bologna), After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore), Ugo da Carpi was the first Italian artist to experiment with a multiblock woodcut technique known as chiaroscuro. The method requires a different block for each shade; the blocks are inked and printed one over the other to create the composition
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Diogenes, seated, barrel, reading, book, plucked hen standing, right, 1520–30, Chiaroscuro woodcut printed, four blocks, grey-green ink, Image, 18 11/16 x 13 5/8, 47.5 34.6 cm, Prints, Ugo da Carpi, Italian, Carpi ca., 1480–1532, Bologna, After Parmigianino, Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Parma, 1503–1540, Casalmaggiore, da, Carpi, first Italian, artist, experiment, multiblock woodcut, technique, chiaroscuro, method requires, different block, shade, blocks, inked, printed, create, composition
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