Italian Renaissance drawings
Subtitle: technical examination and analysis
By: edited by Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt and David Saunders
Publisher: Archetype Publications, in association with the British Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781904982586
Subjects: Renaissance Drawing; Art appreciation; Italian Drawing; Art criticism
Description: "The drawings discussed in this book, published in association with the British Museum, were all included in the exhibition, Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings, which is taking place in the Round Reading Room at the British Museum from 22 April to 25 July 2010. This is a collaborative project with the Gabinetto Disegno e Stampe degli Uffizi and the same selection of drawings will be shown in Florence in autumn 2010. While making extensive use of these existing studies, many of which are cited in the chapters that follow, in this publication great emphasis is placed on how the results from examination and analysis can go beyond determining simply the materials used but to draw conclusions about the reason and manner of their use and the patterns of use across fifteenth-century Italy"--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Hugo Chapman; title: Methodology  -- Satoko Tanimoto ... [et al.]; title: Drawings in the Renaissance workshop  -- Catherine Higgitt; title: Supports and preparations  -- Jenny Bescoby and Judith Rayner; title: Dry drawing media  -- Jenny Bescoby, Judith Rayner and Satoko Tanimoto; title: Inks and washes  -- Giovanni Verri, Satoko Tanimoto and Catherine Higgitt; title: Watercolour, bodycolour and heightening  -- Sakoto Tanimoto and Catherine Higgitt; title: Revealing stratigraphy  -- Giovanni Verri and Janet Ambers; title: Function and collecting of drawings: visual evidence -- Jenny Bescoby and Judith Rayner.