was cut out of dark paper (usually free hand) and then pasted onto a light background.

History

Greek origins

Pliny the Elder recounts the history of painting in books 34 and 35 of his Natural History (c. 77 CE). In book 35, chapter 5, he writes of silhouette as a starting point in the development of painting:

:"We have no certain knowledge as to the commencement of the art of painting, nor does this enquiry fall under

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