The materials and techniques of medieval painting /
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Dover Publications,
1956.
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- Cap. 1.Carriers and grounds: The importance of book painting ; Parchment-making ; Vellum ; Wooden surfaces ; The functions of gesso ; The use of gesso ; The construction of a polyptych ; Canvas ; Walls and plasters
- cap. 2.Binding media: Functions of vehicles ; Viscosity effects ; Effects of transparency ; Abuses of wax ; Craftsmanship and aesthetic ; Craftsmanship and conscience ; Craftsmanship and Industry ; Preservation of glair ; Glair vs. gums ; Gum arabic ; Gum tragacanth ; Media for panel painting - Egg tempera ; Oil glazes ; Oils and vanishes ; Media for wall painting - Lime ; Origin of true fresco ; Palimpsests ; Secco painting ; Media for structural wood painting ; Oil and size
- cap. 3.Pigments: Classifications ; Elements ; Minerals ; Vegetable extracts ; Manufactured salts ; Black colours ; Brown colours ; White pigments ; Red colours ; Blue colours ; Purple colours ; Green colours ; Yellow colours
- cap. 4.Metals: Gold in powder ; Fire gilding ; Amalgams ; Gold in leaf ; River gold ; The colouring agents ; Burnishing ; Sgraffito.