Achillian Graphics Company Doughboy - Tiepolo Diptych all illustrations and sketches by Mark McLawhorn

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ABOUT THIS DIPTYCH

Heavily inspired by the works of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, this diptych is the marriage of the Baroque style with tools and sentiment rooted in 21st century technological palette of machine-aided design.

Even though the final illustration was created inside of a computer and then printed on Kodak Ektacolor paper, all images were first drawn and hypothesized in simple sketchbook format.

Please feel free to examine these sketches and enjoy the free desktop wallpapers and other treats found within this electronic page.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mark McLawhorn is a
graphic artist and illustrator living in Raleigh, NC.

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THE INSPIRATION

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770)
was a Venetian painter
and printmaker.

He was prolific and worked not only in the Veneto, but also in Germany and Spain, and is considered among
the last "Grand manner"
fresco painters from the
Venetian republic.

In his most fluid elaborations, Tiepolo has closest affinity to Ricci, Piazzetta, and Federico Bencovich. He is a shadowless fresco artist, a sunnier rococo Pietro da Cortona. His sumptuous historical set-pieces are enveloped in a regal luminosity.

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