Wood and Forest Molecules in the Fine Arts
Renaissance Painting and Printmaking
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Beschreibung
This book celebrates wood and forest molecules used in Renaissance tempera painting, sculpture and printmaking, and above all the genius artists of the Renaissance, Piero della Francesca and Albrecht Dürer.
The most beautiful pieces of Renaissance art are all executed on wood, out of wood, or with various molecules from forest trees. We owe wood and other forest products for the durability of the masterpieces of great artists that we admire to the present day. The fascinating chemistry of wood constituents will help us understand those outstanding properties of wood.
This book celebrates wood and forest molecules used in Renaissance tempera painting, sculpture and printmaking, and above all the genius artists of the Renaissance, Piero della Francesca and Albrecht Dürer.
The most beautiful pieces of Renaissance art are all executed on wood, out of wood, or with various molecules from forest trees. We owe wood and other forest products for the durability of the masterpieces of great artists that we admire to the present day. The fascinating chemistry of wood constituents will help us understand those outstanding properties of wood.
A celebration of the properties of wood which enabled its use in renaissance art Explains the chemical properties of wood and forest products that makes them usable in painting and sculpting Illustrated with many renaissance paintings, sculptures and prints that shows the beauty of art made with forest wood
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Tatjana Stevanovic
Themen in »Wood and Forest Molecules in the Fine Arts«
Forest trees terpenoid resins and derivatives Wood panels as support for painting Wood polyphenols and drawing and printing inks Renaissance tempera painting Renaissance woodcuts and printmaking Wood inlays in ducal palace of Urbino Renaissance sciences and arts Albrecht Dürer