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RENAISSANCE PAINTING TECHNIQUES for CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS-ATELIER NEO MEDICI
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In the South West of France, between the Perigord and the Landes forest, surrounded by farmlands, museums and castles, in the medieval walled town of Monflanquin, a group of artists are working together under the guidance of Gregory Pelizzari.
The Technique Mixte is a Renaissance approach to painting that combines tempera emulsion and oil paint to achieve a profoundly intricate level of detail and greater luminosity of color than oil paint alone can produce.
This studio art course is geared to both beginning and advanced students. The only prerequisite is an intermediate to accomplished level of drawing and a serious attitude towards the craft of painting.
The painting course runs through the whole year, there are two ateliers, one in Monflanquin,where the intensive TWO month courses take place and one in Villeneuve sur Lot.
Students from all over Europe and the U.S have attended the Atelier Neo Medici.
Accommodations are available for international students.
The courses are taught in French and English.
Class size is kept to a minimum in order to facilitate one-to-one contact as often as possible; never more than ten and very often under five.
Students have permanent access to the studio day and night, and are encouraged to work between lessons.
The name "ATELIER NEO MEDICI" is significant.
Its fundamental ideas and principles are based on those found in the Renaissance concept of an Atelier. As it was with the Renaissance, the Master-Student relationship here is very strong.
Without impinging on the students' individuality, the Master imparts to them his knowledge of painting techniques.
The importance of a disciplined and profound knowledge of painting techniques is greatly emphasized at the Atelier. They learn all aspects of their craft, from the maintenance of their equipment,the different paints and tools, to a highly scientific analysis of light and of colour,and the relationship between them.
The name Medici is synonymous with Renaissance.
The French word "atelier" means studio or workshop.
Originating during the Renaissance and continuing through the 19th century, ateliers served as a place
for master artists to create their own work and to teach a cadre of followers the "craft" of painting.
This has all but disappeared with the advent of Modern Art where technique has been eschewed in favor of aesthetic theory.
The "ATELIER NEO MEDICI" believes that in order to create constant Art, i.e., Art which transcends the fashionable, it is necessary for the artist to have had a comprehensive background in traditional old master painting techniques. The quality of a painting can be assessed in terms of it's technical virtuosity e.g, composition and colour harmony or treatment oflight.
As Plato wrote: "THE GOOD IS THE BEAUTIFUL".
TWO MONTH PAINTING WORKSHOPS
(216 hours of instruction)
*ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED*
THREE WORKSHOPS:
March -April....SPRING
July - August...SUMMER
September - October...FALL
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ADDRESS - View
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Tour de Ville, Monflanquin, Aquitaine, France, 47150
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Added 2011/05/16 | Updated 2011/11/22 |
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