Renaissance Archive - Sketchtraveller

Albrecht Dürer and Urban Sketching

28.12.19 28.12.19Urban Sketching

The Albertina in Vienna holds the largest collection of drawings by Albrecht Dürer. Among them the Hare, the Large Piece of Turf, the Praying Hands, etc. The originals are shown…

Silverpoint – A Touch of Genius

03.06.19 28.12.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I bought a pencil in Florence. No, I am not that bored, that I have to write blog posts about such banalities. To be specific it is not any pencil,…

Florence With a View And An (Indecent) Offer

03.06.19 28.12.19Travel, Urban Sketching

For a city like Florence, this will be a short post. In 2012, I visited the town for a rather extensive sightseeing trip. This year I have only stayed for…

MAK – Inner Courtyard

21.02.19 20.05.20Urban Sketching

I sketched a part of the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) last year using a smaller sketchbook (Stilman & Birn, Beta, A5, hardbound). In the meanwhile I use a bigger…

Museum of Applied Arts

29.06.18 28.12.19Urban Sketching

Heinrich von Ferstel was fond of the Renaissance. I can’t do anything with Historicism, but even I like the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). The disadvantage of a green city…

Is Visiting Venice A Good Idea? – Update

03.06.18 28.12.19Travel

In 1995 I visited a performance in the La Fenice opera house. I didn’t come back to Venice until 2017. Can a place famous for looking as in olden days…

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