This prize-winning book offers the only comprehensive discussion available on materials, techniques, and condition issues in Western easel paintings from medieval times to the present.
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"An essential handbook for the pro, and also a beautifully illustrated primer for the layperson. Kirsh and Levenson teach the most valuable lessons about painting of all: how meanings, material, and techniques are bound up together." John Walsh, former director, J. Paul Getty Museum "Every element of Kirsh and Levenson's book is smart, concise, and informative. It is the essential book on its subject." Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "A long overdue book with direct relevance for modern students of the history of art." Libby Sheldon, Burlington Magazine "Lavishly illustrated and lucidly written, Seeing Through Paintings will fascinate anyone with more than a passing interest in art." Virginia Quarterly Review
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Andrea Kirsh is an independent scholar and a curator. Rustin S. Levenson is conservation director of Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates, New York City, and Florida Conservation Associates, Miami.
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Terrific book for art historians and collectors to learn about materials,
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I recommend this book often to art historians and collectors so that they can understand how the materials of a painting, e.g. canvas vs. wood, oil vs. tempera, etc. affect the look of the painting, how paintings change with age (become more transparent, fade, how varnish darkens), and how conservators also may change the look of paintings by conservation treatments. The chapters provide a useful history of materials of Western art, describing the support, grounds, paint films, and coatings. The book tells in clear language what you learn from x-radiographs and examination with ultra-violet light, how to tell that separated panels come from the same altarpiece, or how to recognize if a painting has been cut down or repainted. It was written by an art historian and a conservator working together and should appeal to both groups. Excellent illustrations and information about many well-known artists.
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great intro for art historians and artists...,
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This book provides case studies and clearly presented themes to unveil paintings from "the inside out". Well illustrated and organized, concise.
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The history of painting is the history of visual ideas expressed in material form. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
drying crackle, darkening glazes, tacking margins, lining canvas, discolored varnish, varnish removal, infrared reflectography, paint laver, ultraviolet examination, selective cleaning, varnish layer, perspectival scheme, preparatory layers, engaged frame, alla prima painting, infrared reflectograms, textured panels, crackle pattern, absorbent grounds, paint handling, integral frame, binding media, paintings conservator, paintings conservation, red bole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Van Gogh, Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art, Paul Getty Museum, Museo del Prado, Soap Bubbles, Art Institute of Chicago, Jackson Pollock, Frans Hats, Smithsonian Institution, Ashok Roy, Burlington Magazine, Diego de Velázquez, Jacob Lawrence, Kress Collection, Mark Rothko, Musée du Louvre, Yves Klein, Claude Monet, Cleveland Museum of Art, Gilbert Stuart, Joshua Reynolds New!
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drying crackle, darkening glazes, tacking margins, lining canvas, discolored varnish, varnish removal, infrared reflectography, paint laver, ultraviolet examination, selective cleaning, varnish layer, perspectival scheme, preparatory layers, engaged frame, alla prima painting, infrared reflectograms, textured panels, crackle pattern, absorbent grounds, paint handling, integral frame, binding media, paintings conservator, paintings conservation, red bole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Van Gogh, Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art, Paul Getty Museum, Museo del Prado, Soap Bubbles, Art Institute of Chicago, Jackson Pollock, Frans Hats, Smithsonian Institution, Ashok Roy, Burlington Magazine, Diego de Velázquez, Jacob Lawrence, Kress Collection, Mark Rothko, Musée du Louvre, Yves Klein, Claude Monet, Cleveland Museum of Art, Gilbert Stuart, Joshua Reynolds New!
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- Mark Rothko by Marjorie Cohn on 8 pages
- National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 26 by Ashok Roy on 5 pages
- Italian Painting Before 1400: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications) by David Bomford on 5 pages
- Frans Hals (Art & Design) by Seymour Slive on 5 pages
- Claude Monet by National Gallery of Art on 4 pages
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- The Expert versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts by Ronald D. Spencer on page 110, and page 124
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