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Virtuoso Performance: glass in paintings 1

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One of the great technical challenges in painting, glassware has been used by young and aspiring artists to demonstrate their skills. Antonello and Cranach to Liotard’s pastels.

September 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 3

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He painted a succession of fine works after his return from Venice, including superb portraits, Christ at the Column, and finally Saint Sebastian.

August 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 2

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His time in Venice brought a succession of masterpieces, including the large San Cassiano altarpiece, a Salvator Mundi, and Virgin Annunciate which were highly influential.

August 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 3: Signatures and dedications

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Tintoretto to a friend, Antonello’s cartellini, Alma-Tadema’s dedication of a wedding present in some graffiti, and some mysterious Venetians.

July 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 1

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Vasari claimed that he was trained by Jan van Eyck, but he probably learnt under an Italian artist in Milan before becoming the first Master in oils.

July 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 17 Putting it all together

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From fresco to varnish: a succinct summary of all the different media which have been used in painting, with links to more detailed articles.

July 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: Wood panels

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From the funerary portraits of Fayum, through the work of Jan van Eyck, to Leonardo, Rubens and Botticelli, many of the greatest paintings are on wood panels.

May 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Out of the Shadows: Form and figures

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Was painting ‘invented’ by the maid of Corinth? What is ‘shadow play’, and how have painters extended it to religious works? A short history of shadows in painting.

November 3, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Figures in a Landscape: 12 Renaissance realism

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Painters of the early northern Renaissance founded modern Western landscape painting, and developed the first examples of staffage.

July 26, 2017 General, Painting

Alchemy: 13 – milestones in the history of oil painting

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A summary chronology of the major milestones in the history of oil painting, with copious illustrations from the masters.

September 19, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

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