# The Study of Drawings

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

Reviews a selection of the finest drawings by Italian artists of the Renaissance in a variety of media, including pen, metalpoint, chalk, brush, and ink. Explains that drawings were an important tool used by 16th-century artists to record preliminary ideas and allow investigation of the structure and form of objects before painting or carving them. From the Art in Italy series

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1979
- Runtime: 25 min
- By: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Open University, Media Guild
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thestudyofdrawings)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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