The most famous of all, with its origins in Afghanistan, the most precious and beautiful pigment. But it has caught out some of the best forgers too.
Duccio
Used since Roman times, it was common in the dress of saints. Highly toxic, it was progressively replaced by cadmium red in the late 19th century.
If Brunelleschi had introduced Cubism instead of perspective projection, would that have altered human visual perception?
The late Middle Ages saw many more frescoes and panel paintings survive, and tell stories in greater detail.
I have several times written that early western painting, until the late Renaissance, not uncommonly incorporated multiple copies […]