This beautiful book provides a survey of European painting in northern and southern Europe between 1260 and 1510. It is based largely on the collection of early Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery in London, one of the finest and most comprehensive collections in the world.
In an extensive introduction the authors explain the background of religious belief and devotional practice for which many of the paintings were created and the secular requirements and ambitions that influenced them. They discuss the social context in which art was created and then displayed in the street, the palace, or the church, and they consider the role of the patron and the dealer. They describe the artist’s workshop, consider the role of apprentices and assistants, discuss the influence of guilds and courts, and explore the reasons why new subjects and techniques were introduced and earlier traditions survived. They then supply the first full modern account of the materials and techniques of the early Renaissance artist, drawing on recent research to explain the preparation of panels, the application of gold leaf, and the use of tempera and oil paint. 
The book also features a detailed examination of some seventy of the finest and best known paintings in the Gallery, including masterpieces by Duccio, Van Eyck, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Bouts, Bellini, Memling, Raphael, and Leonardo. The book is a stimulating and authoritative guide to the paintings in the Gallery―for those who can observe them in person and for those who must view them through the printed page. 
Publication of this book coincides with the reopening of the Sainsbury Wing designed by Robert Venturi, in which the Early Renaissance Collection will be newly exhibited.

Giotto to Dürer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery

Arts & Photography

Foister, Susan

Gordon, Dillian

Dunkerton, Jill

Penny, Nicholas

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

This beautiful volume, companion to the earlier, highly regarded Giotto to Dürer, is a guide to the sixteenth-century paintings of London's National Gallery. It examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino and provides fascinating insights into the individual masterpieces and their makers.

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

Dunkerton, Professor Jill

Foister, Professor Susan

Penny, Dr. Nicholas

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)

Billinge, Rachel

Study & Teaching

Titian (active 1506; died 1576) is acclaimed as the greatest of the Venetian masters. His technique has long fascinated painters and collectors, and his use of oil paints and the richly colored pigments available to him in Venice influenced the subsequent history of European painting. The National Gallery, London, is home to an outstanding group of Titian’s paintings, and this special edition of its annual Technical Bulletin is dedicated to the study of the artist during the first part of his career. An introductory essay focuses on Titian’s painting technique, from its origins in the workshops of Venice and the Veneto, through close examination of nine works in the gallery’s collection, including the stunning Bacchus and Ariadne (1520–23). The authors also discuss significant early works from other collections, such as The Triumph of Love (about 1544–6). New research and discoveries, published here for the first time, will be essential reading for Titian scholars and enthusiasts alike.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 34, Titian’s Painting Technique before 1540 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

Spring, Marika

National Gallery London

Volume 36 completes the study begun with Volume 34 (in 2013) of the painting materials and technique of the most influential artist of the 16th century, by the National Gallery, a global center for research into Venetian painting. An introduction addresses the consistencies and variations in Titian’s practice, including the use of new materials such as the blue pigment smalt. Entries cover eight key works dating from 1540, and a final essay discusses the conservation history of Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto, the two great mythological paintings recently acquired by the National Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 36, Titian's Painting Technique from 1540 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

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

Ackroyd, Paul

Aderkas, Nelly von

Ede, Minna Moore

Peggie, David

Rukavina, Flaminia

Melchiorre, Marta

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

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

Titian (National Gallery London Publications)

In this gorgeously illustrated book, renowned Titian scholars examine some of the celebrated artist’s masterpieces and discuss his life and times, portraits, replicas, and technique. The reproductions and text provide new evidence of Titian’s genius as a stylistic innovator. A gem of a catalog. Interestingly written, well-documented and beautifully illustrated essays update the scholarship on particular aspects of the life and work of Titian. . . . Highly recommended.”Choice

Jaffé, David

Fletcher, Jennifer

Campbell, Caroline

Hope, Charles

Falomir, Miguel

Bradley, Amanda

Michelangelo giovane. Scultore e pittore a Roma (1496-1501)

Hirst, Michael

Panini Franco Cosimo

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