Watercolor painting: Difference between revisions

Watercolor paintingart isdated extremely old, dating perhapsback to the cave paintings of paleolithic Europe,<ref>"In its simplest form, watercolour was used in Europe more than 10,000 years ago when cave-dwellers of the Upper Palaeolithic era mixed red earth with water and used it to paint pictures of hunters and their prey on the cave walls." {{Harvtxt|Chaplin|2001|p=6}}</ref> and has been used for [[illustrated manuscript|manuscript illustration]] since at least [[ancient Egypt|Egyptian times]], with particular prominence in the [[Middle Ages|European Middle Ages]].<ref>"Monks used watercolor and body color to brighten hand-written texts and manuscripts during the European Middle Ages. {{Harvtxt|London|2021|p=21}}</ref> However, its ''continuous'' history as an art medium begins with [[the Renaissance]]. The German [[Northern Renaissance]] artist [[Albrecht Dürer]] (1471–1528), who painted several fine botanical, wildlife, and landscape watercolors, is generally considered among the earliest examples of watercolor.<ref>"The origins of European watercolor, as we understand it now, may be traced back to the Northern Renaissance. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), a German artist, was among the first to discover the possibilities of this medium. {{Harvtxt|London|2021|p=21}}</ref> An important school of watercolor painting in Germany was led by [[Hans Bol]] (1534–1593) as part of the [[Dürer Renaissance]].