What admirer of a great Renaissance painting has not wished for the chance to approach it closely and examine each tiny detail? This unique book permits just such a close-up view of some of the most beautiful masterpieces in the National Gallery, London. Using photography taken through a microscope, this book shows details from paintings that would not normally be seen: a gem sparkling on a ringed finger, a minute insect, intricate brushwork, the texture of a painted surface.Each of the macrophotographs in the book documents around a half-inch section of a Renaissance panel painting, revealing the smallest details in works by Lucas Cranach, Jan van Eyck, Fra Angelico, Raphael, and many others. The complete paintings are shown at the back of the book. Beautifully designed and illustrated, this jewel of a book is an irresistible treasure for every art lover.

Beyond the Naked Eye: Details from the National Gallery (National Gallery London Publications)

Arts & Photography

Dunkerton, Jill

Billinge, Rachel

Study & Teaching

Yale University Press

This latest volume of the National Gallery’s Technical Bulletin series features a range of studies, reflecting its commitment to the scientific research and conservation of paintings in its care. Articles include the recent conservation of Rosso Fiorentino’s A Knight of Saint John; the historic technical literature in the Eastlake Library; the use of macro XRF scanning to inform the conservation strategy for Ferdinand Bol’s An Astronomer; and newly discovered structural modifications and pictorial changes in Jacob Jordaens’s Portrait of Govaert van Surpele and His Wife. The revelatory insights into the collaboration between Sebastiano del Piombo and Michelangelo garnered through the use of infrared reflectography amplify the discussion previously published in Michelangelo &amp; Sebastiano (Yale).

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 38 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

WIVEL, Matthias

Keith, Larry

Wieseman, Marjorie E.

Franklin, Jonathan

Howard, Helen

Spring, Marika

Ackroyd, Paul

Aderkas, Nelly von

Ede, Minna Moore

Peggie, David

Rukavina, Flaminia

Melchiorre, Marta

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

National Gallery London

Giovanni Bellini (active c. 1459; died 1516) was one of the most innovative and influential painters of the Venetian Renaissance and was among the first Italian artists to paint in oil, rather than the more traditional medium of egg tempera. This special edition of the National Gallery Technical Bulletin offers a revelatory in-depth investigation of Bellini’s technique, and how it evolved over more than five decades, through an examination of the artist’s works in the National Gallery’s collection. With twelve focused entries on specific paintings, including masterpieces such as The Agony in the Garden and Doge Leonardo Loredan, this volume is full of new and exciting discoveries that expand our understanding of Bellini’s painting practice. In addition, there is an account of the long and challenging restoration of The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr and an introductory essay that places Bellini’s technical achievements in the context of Venetian painting of the 15th century, including his early training with his father, Jacopo; his working relationship with his brother, Gentile, and brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna; and the practices of Giovanni’s own workshop.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 39, Giovanni Bellini’s Painting Technique (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

New, Britta

History & Criticism

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