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Author:   Caroline Villers
Publisher:   Archetype Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Archetype Publications Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.10cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781873132272

ISBN 10:   1873132271
Pages:   118
Publication Date:   01 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Introduction Four Scenes of the Passion Painted in Florence around 1400 Caroline Villers The Decollation of St. John the Baptist: The Examination and the Conservation of a Fourteenth-Century Banner, Initial Comments Alfredo Aldrovandi, Marco Ciatti and Chiara Rossi Scarzanella Documentary Evidence for the Materials and Handling of Banners, Principally in Umbria, in the Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries Michael Bury The Technique and Materials of the Intercession of Christ and the Virgin Attributed to Lorenzo Monaco Charlotte Hale The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin from Florence Cathedral: Iconographic and Ecclesiological Significance Timothy Verdon Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Mappamondo: A Fourteenth-Century Picture of the World Painted on Cloth Thomas de Wesselow Fragile Devotion: Two Late Fifteenth-Century Italian Tuchlein Examined Helene Dubois and Lizet Klaassen The Parement de Narbonne: Context and Technique Susie Nash The Function and Display of Netherlandish Cloth Paintings Catherine Reynolds Technical Observations on the So-Called Grosses Zittauer Fastentucb: A Lenten Veil Dating from 1472 Ulrich Schiessl, Stefan Wiilfert and Renate Kiihnen 'Panni Dipinti di Fiandra': Netherlandish Painted Cloths in Fifteenth-Century Florence Paula Nuttall

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This collection of eleven essays grew out of a technical studies conference held in 1998 at the Courtauld Institute in London. It explores the first two centuries of a major technical change that occurred between 1300 and 1600, the shift from panel to canvas as the dominant paint support. The essays investigate a wide geographical range, from Tuscany and the Veneto to Paris and Flanders. They explore both silk and linen supports, royal and popular art, maps, banners, Lenten cloths, and altarpieces. They discuss such issues as how cloth paintings were stored and displayed and cultural exchanges between Italy and the Netherlands. In short, this book, although based in technical studies, will appeal to a broad range of scholars. [...] This book goes beyond earlier publications. It shifts the focus from the Netherlands to Italy. Its introduction offers a new explanation for why cloth paintings began to replace embroidery and tapestry: because patrons gained a new appreciation of painters' skills. It also redefines ephemeral works, such as banners, which have traditionally been too easily dismissed. [...] These carefully researched essays deepen our knowledge of paintings on cloth and also perfectly illustrate the usefulness of technical studies. Diane Wolfthal, Arizona State University, SPECULUM, Jan 2003, pp. 279-281

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