Beauty is around us: in the writing of a manuscript, the clasps of a book, the mark of an etching or the traced lines of a drawing.

In this year’s Christmas there are masters’ works by Albrecht Dürer, Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Sam Cobean, Bruegel, Ramon Casas, an 14th c. manuscript and an Ornithology by Aldrovandi with parchment over stiff boards.

We wish you a 2024 plenty of beauty and harmony!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Prize (*)

From all the masterworks shown on the video, identify the technique of that one seen between seconds 5″ and 10″. That is, is it a pencil drawing, or a photograph, an oil paint, a lithograph, sanguine, etcetera.

There’s a prize for the first to guess it! The contest is easier and easier over the years: this time much less difficult than last year‘s and far much less tough than two years’ ago, at the reach of only the brightest minds! Find below the projects published in the website (others have been published on other social media).

(Prize conditions below)

Come on and participate!

Acknowledgement:

The owners of the artefacts shown in this video, for allowing their dissemination.
– Regional Archive of Baix Ebre
– Buat Fine Art
– Gaboche Ars
– Institute of Studies of Lleida (I.E.I)
– Lanipse Books
– Granollers Natural Sciences Musem

and other private collections.

Christmas:

See here other Christmas greetings here… a bunch of years wishing you the best.

Published projects in 2023 :

(*) Prize conditions

• The prize consists on an apron from this conservation lab, which you can either for doing conservation or just baking. You can as well ask for a visit to the studio if you come and pick it yourself.
• From all the masterworks shown on the video, identify the technique of that one seen between seconds 5″ and 10″. That is, is it a pencil drawing? or a photograph, an oil paint, a lithograph, sanguine, etcetera.
• The prize is for the first to give a valid answer, and in case of diversity of valid answers, tat one thas is more precise. For instnace, “oil paintting” is more precise than “painting”.
• Participants on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn or this blog have the same rights.
• You can give your answers commenting on this blog post or also on these Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube accounts.
• Submissions via e-mail, whatsapp, phone or other non public resorts shall not be valid. If you happen to participate more than once, only the last answer will count.
  To comment on this blog you don’t need to register anywhere, but an e-mail is needed, which shall not be public, and we will only use to inform the winner.
• Deadline is January 14th, 2023 (included).
• The prize shall be sent via post, as long as we have the right contact details, or the winner can come and pick it at the studio.