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PDF (1.2mb)  Who is the artist? Jan van Leeuwen What is the name of the artwork? The Roman Arena in Arles, France What materials were used? Cyanotype Where is the artist from? The Netherlands When was the artwork made? 1998  Jan van Leeuwen was born in 1932 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A salesman, office manager, and buyer for trading companies, his early photos were pictures of the products he represented. When he started to become serious about studying photography, he went to a workshop that focused on self-portraits. Van Leeuwen was very excited about what he had learned and from then on picked self- portraits as his main subject. He also learned about the cyanotype process from a famous Dutch photo-collector.  In The Roman Arena in Arles, France, van Leeuwen uses the cyanotype process to capture an architectural scene. Even though the photo is blue, the photographer is able to capture the shadows and light on the structure. Notice the different shades of blue. To create his image, the photographer used a large camera that uses at least a 4” x 5” negative. He then developed the negative and placed it in contact with a paper sensitive to light. By exposing the negative and paper together to light, the image on the negative is transferred onto the paper. What do you think the weather was like when this photo was taken? Why? How do you think the photographer was standing when he took the picture? Sitting? Standing up? Why? Why do you think the picture looks crooked?  Cyanotype - Also known as Sunprints or photograms. Cyanotypes are made without a camera. Objects are placed on top of a piece of light-sensitive paper and exposed to light. The areas covered by the objects are unexposed and remain light in color, while the areas around the objects are exposed to light and darken in color. Cyanotype refers to images that are produced on specially treated paper that turns a blue (cyan) color. Negative - An image where the light and dark colors are reversed. Light colors, such as white, appear dark, and dark colors, such as black, appear light. A negative is used to create the final photograph and many prints of the photograph can be made from the one negative. Self-portrait - A portrait of oneself, made by oneself. |
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Jan van Leeuwen Holland, born 1932 The Roman Arena in Arles, France Cyanotype, 1998 Collection Museum of Photographic Arts Gift of the artist 1999.023.001 © Museum of Photographic Arts  |
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1932 Jan van Leeuwen born in the Netherlands 1939
1945 World War II ends 1959 Russia launches the first space satellite, Sputnik I 1975 First skateboard 1983
1998 van Leeuwen creates The Roman Arena in Arles, France |
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