The Painter's Methods and Materials

Klappentext Techniques for painting on wood panels, paper, walls, and canvas, plus use of watercolors, balsams, resins, turpentine, varnishes, waxes, sizings, and oils. Cleaning and preservation of pictures. 48 full-page plates. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. THE MEDIUMS USED IN PAINTINGII. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OILIII. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OIL (contd.)IV. WOOD PANELS AND PAPERV. PRIMING OF PANELS AND CANVASVI. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTINGVII. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTING (contd.)VIII. THE BEHAVIOUR OF WHITE LIGHTIX. COLOUR AND THE PRISMX. "LINSEED OIL, WALNUT OIL, AND POPPY OIL"XI. THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF OILXII. HOW TO PAINT OIL PICTURESXIII. "BALSAMS, RESINS, VARNISHES, ETC."XIV. HOW TOP PAINT IN TEMPERAXV. EMULSIONSXVI. FRESCO PAINTINGXVII. MODERN METHODS OF FRESCO PAINTINGXVIII. OTHER METHODS OF WALL PAINTINGXIX. PRESERVATION AND CLEANING OF PICTURESXX. CONCLUSION INDEX

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I. THE MEDIUMS USED IN PAINTING II. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OIL III. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OIL (contd.) IV. WOOD PANELS AND PAPER V. PRIMING OF PANELS AND CANVAS VI. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTING VII. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTING (contd.) VIII. THE BEHAVIOUR OF WHITE LIGHT IX. COLOUR AND THE PRISM X. "LINSEED OIL, WALNUT OIL, AND POPPY OIL" XI. THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL XII. HOW TO PAINT OIL PICTURES XIII. "BALSAMS, RESINS, VARNISHES, ETC." XIV. HOW TOP PAINT IN TEMPERA XV. EMULSIONS XVI. FRESCO PAINTING XVII. MODERN METHODS OF FRESCO PAINTING XVIII. OTHER METHODS OF WALL PAINTING XIX. PRESERVATION AND CLEANING OF PICTURES XX. CONCLUSION INDEX