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Art in the making : Italian painting before 1400 / David Bomford ... [et al.]; with contributions from Jo Kirby.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : National Gallery, 1989.Description: x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780947645670
  • 0947645675
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Contents:
Cennino Cennini; Function and setting; Patronage; Image and imagination; Guilds; Contracts; The artist; Workshops; Panel construction; The gesso ground; Preliminary drawing; Gilding; Tooling and punching; The paint film; Pigments and colour: red; blue; yellow; mauve; green; white and black; Mordant gilding and shell gold; Varnishing; Condition, conservation and restoration.

Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, 29 November 1989-28 February 1990.

Includes bibliography (pp.210-221).

Cennino Cennini; Function and setting; Patronage; Image and imagination; Guilds; Contracts; The artist; Workshops; Panel construction; The gesso ground; Preliminary drawing; Gilding; Tooling and punching; The paint film; Pigments and colour: red; blue; yellow; mauve; green; white and black; Mordant gilding and shell gold; Varnishing; Condition, conservation and restoration.