Changing Pictures: Discoloration in 15th-17th-Century Oil Paintings
Hardcover
2004 · London
by Hommes, Margriet van Eikema
London: Archetype Publications, 2004. Hardcover. VG (Ex-library, with few markings, bookplate at inside front cover, pocket at inside rear cover, otherwise in Like New condition.). Pictorial paper boards, 263 pp., some BW & color illus. "Today, 15th-17th-century oil painting usually look different from the way they looked originally due to the ageing of the pigments and media used by the artist. ... As this can have far-reaching consequences for our interpretation of an artist's pictorial, illusionistic and aestheric intentions, it is crucial that both conservators and art historians are made aware of the optical changes in old pictures." (back cover). (Inventory #: 135522)