{"product_id":"the-materials-and-techniques-of-medieval-painting-paperback","title":"The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel V. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on authentic medieval manuscripts and laboratory analysis, this volume explains carriers and grounds, binding media, pigments, and coloring materials used to obtain brilliance and permanence. \"A rich feast.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedieval painters built up a tremendous range of technical resources for obtaining brilliance and permanence. In this volume, an internationally known authority on medieval paint technology describes these often jealously guarded recipes, lists of materials, and processes. Based upon years of study of medieval manuscripts and enlarged by laboratory analysis of medieval paintings, this book discusses carriers and grounds, binding media, pigments, coloring materials, and metals used in painting. \u003cbr\u003eIt describes the surfaces that the medieval artist painted upon, detailing their preparation. It analyzes binding media, discussing relative merits of glair versus gums, oil glazes, and other matters. It tells how the masters obtained their colors, how they processed them, and how they applied them. It tells how metals were prepared for use in painting, how gold powders and leaf were laid on, and dozens of other techniques. \u003cbr\u003eSimply written, easy to read, this book will be invaluable to art historians, students of medieval painting and civilization, and historians of culture. Although it contains few fully developed recipes, it will interest any practicing artist with its discussion of methods of brightening colors and assuring permanence. \u003cbr\u003eA rich feast, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London). Enables the connoisseur, artist, and collector to obtain the distilled essence of Thompson's researches in an easily read and simple form, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e (London). A mine of technical information for the artist, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review of Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.96 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1956\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756110971168,"sku":"9780486203270","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9ff5e783d140a5acccfa4d5bc1cdc377.webp?v=1780074470","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-materials-and-techniques-of-medieval-painting-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}