Salamanca, Spain
Artist
Keith Miller
(Canadian, b. 1949)
Date1985
MediumMixed media: brush and ink, pen and ink, graphite
DimensionsSheet Dimension (page height x width): 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineGift of the artist
Terms
Object number2015.25.53
DescriptionContains 10 drawings. In the summer of 1985, Miller went to Salamanca to study Spanish. He also spent time drawing the streets and architecture of the city. The sketches, in black and white, take note of the harsh sunlight of central Spain and its effect on the low relief Plateresque details of the city's old buildings. "Park near Las Ursalas, Salamanca" and "Plaza de la Libertad" contrast the pattern of filtered shadows and sun against the vertical elements of the surrounding tree trunks and architecture. As in most of Miller's work., landscape or cityscape, the nature of light become s unifying element setting the mood of a piece and examining the structure of its subjects.On View
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