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Renaissance Impressions

Arturo Galansino in 'Renaissance Impressions'

RA Exhibitions

> 6 years ago

Curator’s picks: Renaissance Impressions

As the exhibition comes to an end this weekend, curator Arturo Galansino selects his favourite works in the show.
Conservators Graeme Gardiner and Karine Bovagnet check 'The Triumph of Julias Caesar: Musicians and Standard Bearers' ('The Musicians'), 1599, by Andrea Andreani, after Mantegna, now on display in the RA's 'Renaissance Impressions'

RA Exhibitions

> 6 years ago

Looking good on paper

How does the RA ensure the works of art it borrows remain in exemplary condition? Eleanor Mills charts the conservation challenges of bringing the woodcut prints in ‘Renaissance Impressions’ to the UK.
Domenico Beccafumi, Group of Men and Women

RA Exhibitions

> 6 years ago

Experimentations in Chiaroscuro: Beccafumi’s Prints, Oil Sketches and Marble Intarsia

National Gallery curator, Dr. Jennifer Sliwka, discusses the works of Domenico Beccafumi.
AttRAct students with Anne Desmet in the Learning Studio

Inside the Academy

< 7 years ago

Printmaking with Anne Desmet RA

Royal Academician and printmaker Anne Desmet led a workshop for attRAct students, taking inspiration from our current exhibition, ‘Renaissance Impressions’.

At work in the Epson Suite

Artists

< 7 years ago

Ancient and modern

From traditional engravings to cutting edge digital techniques: the RA Schools is a hive of creative approaches to printmaking.

Hendrick Goltzius, Landscape with Trees and a Shepherd Couple

RA Exhibitions

< 7 years ago

Renaissance Impressions: An Introduction

Exhibition curator Arturo Galansino introduces ‘Renaissance Impressions’.
Print Fellow Liz Miller in the etching studio at the RA Schools

Artists

< 7 years ago

Making a mark: #PrintMonth at the RA

Welcome to Print Month. This April we’re celebrating the versatile art of printmaking, with a packed programme of exhibitions, events and online activity.

A chiaroscuro woodcut made after 1620 by printmaker Willem Janssen, after Albrecht Dürer’s Rhinoceros, 1515

RA Exhibitions

< 7 years ago

Out of the shadows

As exceptional examples go on display in ‘Renaissance Impressions’, printmaker Anne Desmet RA reveals the story behind this pivotal development and discusses why these rare prints continue to dazzle us today.

Artists

< 7 years ago

Learning by making

Inspired by our ‘Renaissance Impressions’ exhibition, Stephen Chambers RA decided to create his own chiaroscuro woodcut. Here he shares his discoveries and includes his step-by-step guide.