Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:

> But yes, the portrayal of water might be a fascinating subplot to the
> history of art, but I have never come across such a treatment.  I wonder
> what Gombrich might have said about it.
>


I saw a video by Neil MacGregor, then the director of the National Gallery,
where he discussed this briefly. IIRC water was a difficult subject before
the use of oils. When tempera was used artists could not get the
transparency needed. Maybe water is too dificult to paint to have much of a
history.

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Stephen

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