#compositional study

[mjhartwork]

i really enjoyed doing black and white shape studies of art i like, i think it's neat how often compositions can still be understood even when they're simplified to such an extent!

[didoofcarthage]

The Death of Archimedes by Luca Giordano (called Fa Presto), compositional study for the painting of the same subject in the collection of Attingham Park

Italian, 17th century

brown ink and wash on paper

private collection

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[didoofcarthage]

Compositional study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by Jacques-Louis David

French, 1787

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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