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had been painted over with a clear, matt varnish containing a siccative of the kind used for finishing paintings.
La mancha había sido cubierta de barniz transparente mate, a base de ácido secante, del tipo utilizado en pintura artística.
they’ve completely lost touch with the classical tradition, the subtle, noble craft of the old masters. They muddle along with no respect for the laws of anatomy, don’t even know how to glaze, never mix their own paint, use turpentine like water, and are ignorant of the secrets of grinding your own pigments, of fine linseed oil and the blowing of siccatives—no wonder there are no more great painters.
Ya no saben nada del fino arte de la pintura realista, ignoran las sutilezas de lo que antes era un oficio noble. Ahora pintan de cualquier manera, sin respetar las leyes de la anatomía, no mezclan nunca sus propias pinturas, usan la trementina como si fuera agua, no conocen los secretos de los pigmentos triturados a mano ni del aceite fino de linaza y ni siquiera saben cómo se aplica una veladura o cómo se espolvorea un secante.
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