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As the final painting demonstrates, Rubens’ final
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Anna are reversed, Mary’s gesture is altered, and the
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human eye’s natural, and incredibly remarkable, ability to recognize
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than our ability to “get it right on the first try.” Consequently, old
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skills such as delicate shading and identifying values, the student’s
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often copy Bargue’s lithograph drawn from a cast of the right arm of
Michelangelo’s 8/,!, (below). Each student’s work is a near perfect
reproduction of Bargue’s lithograph. As a consequence, each student’s
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After copying Bargue’s prints, academic students typically move on to copy plaster casts of
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model. The three copies of a cast of Michelangelo’s sculpture of Giuliano de’ Medici and
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student’s true skill level?
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Rubens’ drawing 8!+94+5 =!,9!"#'"& D+(,"%E< .-+
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variety of ways. In Carracci’s ()! >','/" /6 3-?
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