Let the Material Talk
Technology of Late-Medieval Cologne Panel Painting
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Paperback (Published)
(October 2014)
ISBN: 9781909492127
9.45 x 11.81 inches
Price: $160.00
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This English edition, published in association with the Doerner Institut, presents groundbreaking interdisciplinary research on Cologne panel painting from 1400 to 1450. Based on a three-year study of nearly 30 works by the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, the volume uses advanced imaging and analysis to reveal new insights into dating, workshop connections, and painting techniques. Richly illustrated with detailed mappings and catalogue entries, it highlights the dynamic intersection of art history, technology, and science.
This book, published in association with the Doerner Institut, is the English language edition of Die Sprache des Materials, published by Deutscher Kunstverlag, and presents the results of a pioneering interdisciplinary research project into Cologne panel painting between 1400 and 1450. The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne and the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen along with the Doerner Institut in Munich spent three years examining almost 30 single- and multiple-panel works using the latest imaging and analytical techniques, obtaining significant insights not least into the dating of the paintings and the links between the workshops that produced them. Detailed scientific contributions, an extensive catalogue section, mappings and numerous illustrations cast light on the works of art in a whole variety of exciting ways, demonstrating the extent of the interaction between the findings of art technology, science and art history.
1. Introduction
2. Art-historical Introduction
3. Wooden Picture Supports
types of wood
dendrochronological findings
formats
construction
preparation of the picture support
frames
metal fittings
4. Grounds and Intermediate Layers
grounds
Preparation and unpigmented intermediate layers
pigmented intermediate layers
5. Compositional Lay-in
drawing and painting media
making the drawing
function of the underdrawing
incisions
templates and transfer methods
colour indications
6. Metal-leaf Applications and Ornamental Techniques
metals leafs and application techniques
incision and indentation
punching
engraving
relief haloes
metal-leaf repeat applications
paint application to metal leaf
applied brocade
7. Painting Materials, Paint Application and Painting Techniques
pigments of the paint layers
binding media of the paint layers
paint application and painting technique
8. The Works: Their Forms and Functions
9. Let the Material Talk: Summary from the Point of View of Art Technology
10. Speaking Pictures – Silent Painters: An Art-historical Summary
Catalogue
Appendix
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