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Lucas Cranach, the Elder : painting materials, techniques and workshop practice
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder : painting materials, techniques and workshop practice

Author: Gunnar Heydenreich; Lucas Cranach
Publisher: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This study provides the first exhaustive description of the materials, techniques and studio practices of Lucas Cranach the Elder. The author describes the characteristic elements of the painters production, drawing on results of technical examination, as well as an evaluation of documentary sources. Approximately 300 panel paintings are examined using a wide range of analytical methods. Furthermore, the author  Read more...
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Named Person: Lucas Cranach; Lucas Cranach; Lucas Cranach, der Ältere.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gunnar Heydenreich; Lucas Cranach
ISBN: 9789053567456 9053567453
OCLC Number: 148675498
Language Note: In English; appendix 2 in German.
Description: 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents: I. Cranach's practice of painting in the judgment of history: Sixteenth-century commentators ; seventeenth- to nineteenth-century commentators and biographers ; twentieth-century research and analysis --
II. Panel painting: The wooden support ; Frames ; The preparatory layers: ground, isolation and imprimatur ; Practices of underdrawing ; Applications of gold, silver and paper ; Paint, palette and brushes ; Techniques of painting ; Painting on the reverse side, presentation and transport --
III. Canvas painting: Documentary evidence and surviving canvases ; Subjects and function ; The linen: origin, formats and qualifies ; Preparation of the linen and painting techniques ; Presentation and evaluation --
IV. Painting on other supports: Parchment ; Paper ; Metal ; Mural painting and architectural decoration --
V. Workshop organisation: Contracts, commissions and marketing ; Studios ; Partnership and workshop members ; Artistic co-operation and exchange in panel painting --
VI. Summary: Notes ; Glossary ; Measurement and coinage ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Photographic acknowledgements --
Appendices: 1. Investigated paintings ; 2. Selected primary documents on materials, techniques and workshop organization --
Index.
Responsibility: Gunnar Heydenreich.
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