What Is a Painting?

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What Is a Painting?

What do you see when you look at a painting? You see the subject and the style of the work but also the materials and technologies used to create it and the traces of everything that has happened to it. Professional paintings conservator Jean Dommermuth considers how all of those factors contribute to what a painting is. You don’t need to know anything about art history to enjoy this podcast, but no matter what, you’ll never look at a painting the same way again. You can find images and related materials at jeandommermuth.com/podcast

  1. EPISÓDIO 1

    Episode 1 - A Three Dimensional Object

    What is the physical structure of a painting, and how does that relate to how a painting looks in person? A look at Rembrandt's Aristotle Looking at a Bust of Homer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    26min

  2. EPISÓDIO 2

    Episode 2 - A Mystery Novel

    What clues about a painting's materials and history can you find just by looking? A look at Botticelli's Birth of Venus in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence.

    32min

  3. EPISÓDIO 3

    Episode 3 - A Surface with Paint on It

    How have modern painters explored what a painting can be? A look at the work of Frank Stella.

    28min

  4. EPISÓDIO 4

    Episode 4 - A Vision of Eternity

    How did European painters and patrons before about 1400 understand what paintings were and how did that affect how they were made? A look at Early Italian images of the Madonna and Child.

    26min

  5. EPISÓDIO 5

    Episode 5 - Memories of the Forest

    How does a tree become a support for a painting, and how does the memory of its life in the forest affect that support? A look at Early Italian panels.

    25min

  6. EPISÓDIO 6

    Episode 6 - Sinew and Stone

    Episode 6 - How did painters turn natural materials from animal and mineral sources into the perfect preparation for their panel paintings? A look at Early Italian gesso grounds.

    28min

  7. EPISÓDIO 7

    Episode 7 - Half-Solidified Sunlight

    How were the gold backgrounds of Early Italian paintings created, and how have they changed over time?

    30min

  8. EPISÓDIO 8

    Episode 8 - Egg and Bright Earth

    What are the components of the paint used by Early Italian painters, how did they use it, and how has it changed over the centuries?

    30min
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What do you see when you look at a painting? You see the subject and the style of the work but also the materials and technologies used to create it and the traces of everything that has happened to it. Professional paintings conservator Jean Dommermuth considers how all of those factors contribute to what a painting is. You don’t need to know anything about art history to enjoy this podcast, but no matter what, you’ll never look at a painting the same way again. You can find images and related materials at jeandommermuth.com/podcast

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