Durer to Veronese : Sixteenth-Century Painting in the National Gallery

by Jill Dunkerton, Susan Foister, and Nicholas Penny

• ISBN13: 9780300095333
• ISBN10: 0300095333
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Author Biography

Jill Dunkerton is restorer of the Conservation Department at the National Gallery, London.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. vi
Maps	p. vii
Chronology	p. x
Introduction: The New World and the Old	p. 1
Power and Imagery	p. 9
The Most Holy Sacrament
The Great Powers
Division and Reform
Order and Decorum
The Altarpiece	p. 37
Convention and Innovation in Form
Familiar Narratives
Scenes of Suffering
Sublime Inventions
Private Devotion	p. 67
Scale, Function and Originality
Piety and Delight
Paintings for Palaces	p. 87
Poetry and Painting
Presents and Puzzles
The Palace Wall
The Palace Ceiling
Decorations for Furniture
Ceramics and Plate
Description and the Ideal	p. 141
Portraits
Invention and Observation
Preparing to Paint	p. 183
Disegno, Nature and the Preliminary Study in Italy
Drawings and Prints North of the Alps
Preparing the Panel	p. 211
The Construction of Panels
Grounds, Primings and Gilding
Underdrawing on Panel Paintings
Paintings on Panel	p. 237
The Northern Tradition
Disegno and Sfumato
The Visible Brush Stroke
Original Developments	p. 265
Canvas Supports
Painting on Coloured Surfaces
New Ways of Painting
Conclusion: Towards the Academy	p. 293
References	p. 298
Index	p. 312
Picture Credits	p. 317
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