Panel Painting

Synopsis

Looks at certain 15th-century panel paintings in the National Gallery, London, identifying them as three-dimensional objects rather than two-dimensional images, and examining how and why they were made. In the Conservation Department of the National Gallery, shows the various processes in producing a panel painting in the traditional method with egg tempera on wooden panels with gilding as described by Cennino Cennini in ‘The Craftsman’s Handbook’ of 1390.

Series

Art in Fifteenth-Century Italy, Course A353

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Art

Keywords

paintings; paintings - Italian; paintings - panel paintings; Renaissance art

Credits

Producer

Charles Cooper

Cast

David Bomford
Jill Dunkerton

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

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