Tiger lying down to the left
19th century
Peek behind the curtain of artistic creation with this sketch by Antoine-Louis Barye, a French master famous for his fierce animal sculptures. You can see a resting big cat—labeled as a tiger—drawn over a strict grid of lines. This wasn't just for organization; it was a practical tool called 'squaring up' that allowed Barye to scale up his design perfectly for a larger sculpture. Barye was a Romantic artist who obsessed over animal anatomy, often spending hours at the Paris zoo sketching beasts to capture their raw, muscular energy.
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