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The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100-1500

The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100-1500 - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Marjolijn BolPublish date:2023-04-21Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226820361ISBN-10:022682036XUPC:9780226820361Book Category:Art, ScienceBook Subcategory:Techniques, History, EuropeanBook Topic:Oil PaintingSize:9.60 x 6.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDCGQYMZK

The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100-1500

A new history of the techniques, materials, and aesthetic ambitions that gave rise to the radiant verisimilitude of Jan van Eyck's oil paintings on panel.

Panel painters in both the middle ages and the fifteenth century created works that evoke the luster of precious stones, the sheen of polished gold and silver, and the colorful radiance of stained glass. Yet their approaches to rendering these...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226820361ISBN-10:022682036XUPC:9780226820361Book Category:Art, ScienceBook Subcategory:Techniques, History, EuropeanBook Topic:Oil PaintingSize:9.60 x 6.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDCGQYMZK
Marjolijn Bol is associate professor in the Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University. She is the coeditor of The Matter of Mimesis: Studies of Mimesis and Materials in Nature, Art, and Science.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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