To the National Gallery in search of hands and feet. It is Sunday and by coincidence a procession crosses my path holding stools and drawing books. From what I can see on the odd sheet this seems to be the 'drawing hands' workshop signposted at the Education Entrance.

The hand is a testing subject, although not as difficult as the ear, according to Agostino Carracci, who with his brother and cousin founded the academy in Bologna that set the model for much subsequent art education. The foot sets problems all of its own.

LRB 7 June 2007 | PDF Download