Artisans of a Great House - Silhouette Making
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Hammond Harwood House - Annapolis, MD 19 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Hammond-Harwood House
Artisans of a Great House at Work
To celebrate the 2019 exhibition, A Perfect Profile: Miniature Portraits, Silhouettes, and Landscapes of Early Annapolis we are proud to present an afternoon filled with American silhouettes. Learn the basic history of the silhouette from ancient times and cultures, to their prime at the turn of the 18th and 19thcenturies, to their revival in the 1920’s, to their interpretation today. The numerous methods and materials used to create profile images will be explored. Discover how the camera obscura was used to create silhouettes by artists in America and how it influenced portraiture. Those attending the presentation will have the opportunity to have their profile likenesses preserved as a hollow-cut silhouettes using a replica camera obscura. This presentation will be led by Brian Miller, Historic Odessa Foundation Associate Curator.
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