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How did Renaissance artists prepare their paper, and what role did colored grounds play in their drawings? Eva Glück, Head of the Conservation Department at the Albertina, provides fascinating insights into this technique—clearly explained and illustrated with stunning original works from the current exhibition “Leonardo – Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground.”

In conversation, Albertina Director General Ralph Gleis and Chief Curator Christof Metzger explore the fascinating technique of Renaissance drawings on colored ground. Through impressive examples from the exhibition “Leonardo – Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground”, they reveal how drawing evolved from mere sketching to an autonomous art form, blending science, painting, and a quest to capture the world.

Albertina Director General Ralph Gleis and curator Achim Gnann discuss Leonardo da Vinci’s masterful use of colored paper. In the exhibition “Leonardo – Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground”, they show how Leonardo experimented with materials, colors, and techniques to achieve emotional depth and expressive power.

„Unconcerned but not indifferent“: the epitaph on Man Ray’s grave at the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris reflects his complex and multilayered artistic attitude.

"I felt a tender love towards all classical architecture, but a the same time dreamt of loving contemporary architecture as well". A portrait of Alexander Brodsky.