Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice

Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice
Author: Arie Wallert
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1995-08-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892363223

Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world provide recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Topics cover the latest art historical research and scientific analyses of original techniques and materials, as well as historical sources, such as medieval treatises and descriptions of painting techniques in historical literature. Chapters include the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches, Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan thangkas. Color plates and black-and-white photographs illustrate works from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Issues in the Conservation of Paintings

Issues in the Conservation of Paintings
Author: David Bomford
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2004
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780892367818

"This volume will be of interest to teachers and students of conservation and art history, as well as to practicing conservators and museum curators, professionals in related disciplines, and others interested in art history and paintings conservation."--BOOK JACKET.

Looking Through Paintings

Looking Through Paintings
Author: Erma Hermens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781876132569

Focussing on different periods and works, the articles in this book illuminate the role that the study of painting techniques and materials can have within art historical research.

The Art of Impressionism

The Art of Impressionism
Author: Anthea Callen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300084021

"Drawing on scientific studies of pigments and materials, artists' treatises, colourmen's archives, and contemporary and modern accounts, Anthea Callen demonstrates how raw materials and paintings are profoundly interdependent. She analyses the material constituents of oil painting and the complex processes of 'making' entailed in all aspects of artistic production, discussing in particular oil painting methods for landscapists and the impact of plein air light on figure painting, studio practice and display. Insisting that the meanings of paintings are constituted by and within the cultural matrices that produced them, Callen argues that the real 'modernity' of the Impressionist enterprise lies in the painters' material practices."--BOOK JACKET.

Landscape Painting

Landscape Painting
Author: Mitchell Albala
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0823008347

Because nature is so expansive and complex, so varied in its range of light, landscape painters often have to look further and more deeply to find form and structure, value patterns, and an organized arrangement of shapes. In Landscape Painting, Mitchell Albala shares his concepts and practices for translating nature's grandeur, complexity, and color dynamics into convincing representations of space and light. Concise, practical, and inspirational, Landscape Painting focuses on the greatest challenges for the landscape artist, such as: • Simplification and Massing: Learn to reduce nature's complexity by looking beneath the surface of a subject to discover the form's basic masses and shapes.• Color and Light: Explore color theory as it specifically applies to the landscape, and learn the various strategies painters use to capture the illusion of natural light.• Selection and Composition: Learn to select wisely from nature's vast panorama. Albala shows you the essential cues to look for and how to find the most promising subject from a world of possibilities. The lessons in Landscape Painting—based on observation rather than imitation and applicable to both plein air and studio practice—are accompanied by painting examples, demonstrations, photographs, and diagrams. Illustrations draw from the work of more than 40 contemporary artists and such masters of landscape painting as John Constable, Sanford Gifford, and Claude Monet. Based on Albala's 25 years of experience and the proven methods taught at his successful plein air workshops, this in-depth guide to all aspects of landscape painting is a must-have for anyone getting started in the genre, as well as more experienced practitioners who want to hone their skills or learn new perspectives.

Lucas Cranach, the Elder

Lucas Cranach, the Elder
Author: Gunnar Heydenreich
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Artists' studios
ISBN: 9789053567456

The first richly illustrated study of the working methods and materials used by one of the most inventive painters of Renaissance Germany

The Big Book of Oil Painting

The Big Book of Oil Painting
Author: José María Parramón
Publisher:
Total Pages: 191
Release: 1984
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780823004959

Briefly traces the history of oil painting, introduces basic materials, tools, and techniques, and offers step-by-step exercises

Gerard Ter Borch

Gerard Ter Borch
Author: K. Jr Wheelock Arthur
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300106398

Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681) was unequalled among his Dutch peers for capturing the elegance & grace of wealthy Dutch society in his portraiture. A major influence on Vermeer, ter Borch has not received the attention he deserves & this is the first major English language text about his work.

Traditional Oil Painting

Traditional Oil Painting
Author: Virgil Elliott
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Oils and fats
ISBN: 9780823030668

"Traditional Oil Painting is that rare sourcebook that comprehensively covers the most advanced techniques and concepts of oil painting"--P. [2] of cover.