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Italian vs French Drawing Styles

Luis Borrero, Visual Artist

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What is the difference between Italian and French drawing styles? In this video, I explore the artists who influenced the French and Italian academic styles, and I demonstrate how the use of ovoids was prevalent in the Italian method of drawing.

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20 Comments

@hd-xc2lz 3 years ago (edited)

I attended a grad school (NYAA) based primarily on French Academy teaching, and in retrospect SO WISH a class had been offered that compared the various academy approaches. In NYC during those years (early 00s) there were a number of Russian painting instructors around (mostly teaching night and weekend classes) who had received training at the Russian Academy during Soviet era. They all had fascinating stories about their school days, but no one ever thought to put together a class or even a single lecture on the Russian Academy system. Such a shame!
And the thing is, we students were all blown away by Russian academic figure drawing, it was so distinct from the 19thC French model we were taught, was grittier and less classicized, but every bit as volumetric and imbued with anatomical understanding.

@bugles60 3 years ago

When I was a kid in Italy they allowed me to make pizza in the kitchen at a restaurant one time, they said I was the best dough-prepper they'd ever had.

@dharshanaratnayake 2 years ago

I thought I'd add that the two most predominant aspects that divide these schools is 'observation' vs 'knowledge'. The French academic system has a penchant for observational drawing, because academic training extensively examines the minutiae of the model, training one to "see" the model.
Whereas those who came before- in that High Renaissance Raphaelite tradition- were all about honing a profound understanding of the structural and mechanical workings of the human body- even going as far as to dissect cadavers. In fact, most of those preliminary drawings from that era were done largely from imagination, drawing what they knew- that's why they're so anatomy-heavy, because the Italian method uses anatomy instead of shadows, to 'map out' the figure

@thomervin7450 4 years ago

Thanks for the presentation! Would love to hear more about the Italian styles, especially versus other styles.

@jackdaly4258 4 years ago

What a wonderful resource thank you!

@simonenguyen 3 years ago

Thank you so so much for a dedicated sharing! I also love Italian drawing method cuz it contains full of energy through a system of movement which is very lively. Can’t wait for your next videos/livestream. ❤❤❤

@mard9802 4 years ago

Wonderful talk - thank you!

@cuentamedenuevo7399 4 years ago

As always, marvelous information and great way to present it. It's a pleasure watching your videos. Thank you Maestro Borrero for sharing and for dedicating this time to inspire.

@DuanTorruellas 2 years ago

I studied mannerism and anti mannerism. The period of these styles for me was my school of drafting long ago. This brings back memories. ❤

@eduardoventura1704 4 years ago

Belleza de dibujo y de clase, muchas gracias maestro! ¡Y qué alegría que publique más a menudo!

@hossap3067 3 years ago

this is the best video I've ever seen on the topic of deep diving in the roots of drawing, also one of the best videos ever on Youtube, feels like custom made for greatness, I'm the happiest man in the world. Tnx luis.

@Socrates... 2 years ago

Thank you so much, this video was exactly what I was looking for.

@fabiovinicius4766 3 years ago

Very quality content you're putting here, thank you for your words and your shared knowledge!

@mohamedalmiladi2852 3 years ago

Amazing episode , it Clear what I was always wonder about , keep it up

@iamfrommars6282 4 years ago

Thank you very much for your work!!!🙏🙏

@ÖmerLatif-33 4 years ago

Thanks Luis👍

@robhead22 2 years ago

Wonderful instruction! Thank you!

@carlosdommar 4 years ago

This is really great vid!

@sketchartist1964 2 years ago (edited)

I very much enjoyed this video presentation. I learned much about drawing from the three Italian greats, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael when I was a lot younger and it's a good thing I did. I'm often told my drawings look classical, but sadly, I don't see a lot of interest in this style with younger artists today. Nowadays it seems younger artists are more interested in realistic drawings. That is, drawings that look like black and white photographs. They are impressed with the details of surfaces, the texture, and think this is the highest form of art. I'm not sure why there's so much interest in this "hyper realistic" style of drawing? Perhaps these young artists have never studied the old masters? They should.

@fathyzin6470 4 years ago

Thank you for this video! Im being studying about Flemish, Rubens or Italian drawing which I must to choose in my painting style. Im with you in Italian style with show more in gesture, mass and volume with ovoids method. Great presentation, Luis!