Title: CHANGING PICTURES: DISCOLORATION IN 15TH-17TH CENTURY OIL PAINTINGS.
Abstract: An extensive art historical study which focus on the phenomenon of the discoloration of paintings. Five studies present research on the original composition of the paint and the original appearance of the paint in Renaissance and Baroque oil paintings: I. Determining the Intentions of Painting Methods and Recipes. II. Methods used by painters to Prevent Colour Changes Described in Sixteenth to Early Eighteenth Century Sources on Oil painting Techniques. III. Verdigris Glazes in Historical Oil Paintings: Recipes and Techniques. IV. Indigo as a Pigment in Oil Painting and the Problem of its Fading. V. Discoloration or Chiaroscuro? An interpretation of the Dark Areas in Raphaels' Transfiguration of Christ.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-10-11
Language: en
Type: book
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