The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100-1500

by Marjolijn Bol

A new history of the techniques, materials, and aesthetic ambitions that gave rise to the radiant verisimilitude of Jan van Eyck's oil paintings on panel.

Panel painters in both the middle ages and the fifteenth century created works that evoke the luster of precious stones, the sheen of polished gold and silver, and the colorful radiance of stained glass. Yet their approaches to rendering these materials were markedly different. Marjolijn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022682036X
• ISBN13: 9780226820361
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"