The Materials and Craft of Early Iconographers

• Main Author: Leonida, Mihaela D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Materials,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Fine arts.; Biomaterials.; Materials Science.; Fine Arts.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

This book describes in detail the materials and techniques used by medieval iconographers. It offers information about the natural sources, the raw materials, the tools and the technologies involved in preparing them. The book allows entry into the secretive world of very knowledgeable and skilled a...

Table of Contents:

• The Technical Part of The Painter’s Manuals Compiled and Used by Early Iconographers: Historic Notes
• Materials from Natural Sources and Those Prepared in the Iconographer’s Studio or in the Peasant Household
• Pigments
• Gilding
• Adhesives Prepared from Vegetal and Animal Sources Used by Iconographers
• Varnishes
• Inks Prepared and Used by Iconographers
• About Grinding
• Iconographers and the Fresco Technique
• Icons on Glass: Materials and Technique
• The apprenticeship of an Iconographer.