Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #207989 in Books
• Published on: 1971-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 239 pages

Synopsis
Sums up 20th-century knowledge: paints, binders, metals, surface preparation. Based on mss. and scientific investigation.

Customer Reviews

An excellent primer for illuminators and painters
The book covers a history of carriers and grounds, binding methods and vehicles, their viscosity and transparency effects, pros and cons of different binding media, glazes and varnishes. It then gives a classification of medieval pigments and details the main pigments used to produce colours on the page, wall and panel. Mixing, reaction and permanence problems with pigments, confusion of identification, and history are described. Metals are also discussed, including types of gold media and gilding methods. This is an absolutely essential book for anyone (and especially SCAdian illuminators) interested in the building blocks of medieval painting. It will give you a good grounding in the basics and help you understand the resources, techniques and mindset of medieval artists. I cannot recommend it enough. It is also an entertaining read(if occasionally unintentionally).