Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (609 – 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He painted portraits, history paintings and landscapes, but came to specialize in rural scenes with more animals than human figures. Noah’s Ark and the animals entering the Ark was a favourite subject of his,[3] and he devised a number of other new subjects from the early parts of the Old Testament with the patriarchs and their animals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ribisi
More Giovanni: https://artvee.com/artist/giovanni-benedetto-castiglione/
haha - you passed the test. I was sure nobody ever bothered to even read those links. :)
The fact this is from the 1600s, and the quality of the lines in this … blown away.
Hmm, I’m thinking…
Spaghettoni or fettuccine should do it?
Not very familiar with Christianity, was it considered ok to draw god?
Yup. It was OK and there are many examples, such as Michelangelo’s Sisteen chapel ceiling frescos.
