Every sculptor…....
Villard de Honnecourt, Portfolio MS fr. 19093, fol.19v, Bibliothèque de France, Paris
Following one medieval image with another, Villard de Honnecourt’s 13th.-century sketch (above) of a stone-cutter sculpting his own foot conveys a message that every craftsman knew by heart, even in a different medium: every painter paints himself.
Posted 19 May 2012: TheoryVisual Perception
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