76. About the Photographs of the Construction
GA 246/1918-06-30/p032
·1918-06-30
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The fact is that color itself is first obtained. We only have plant colors, we're still missing two, but that's what the war brought. The plant colors have an inner luminosity, because they are actually painted as a whole. Remember, there is no light surface to paint, but when painting naturalistically, the objects themselves glow, so it is a different kind of painting, you need different colors; and you also have to have the technique so that what is painted does not appear as if it is illuminated, but as if it glows in itself. That requires a completely different painting style and [a different] painting technique. This is how the domes are painted. [gap]
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