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What Is a Painting?

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What do you see when you look at a painting? You see the subject and the style of the work but also the materials and technologies used to create it and the traces of everything that has happened to it. Professional paintings conservator Jean Dommermuth considers how all of those factors contribute to what a painting is. You don’t need to know anything about art history to enjoy this podcast, but no matter what, you’ll never look at a painting the same way again. You can find images and related materials at jeandommermuth.com/podcast

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United States

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What do you see when you look at a painting? You see the subject and the style of the work but also the materials and technologies used to create it and the traces of everything that has happened to it. Professional paintings conservator Jean Dommermuth considers how all of those factors contribute to what a painting is. You don’t need to know anything about art history to enjoy this podcast, but no matter what, you’ll never look at a painting the same way again. You can find images and related materials at jeandommermuth.com/podcast

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English

Episodes

Episode 17 - A Changing Landscape

3/18/2024
How did Early Netherlandish painters use different materials to create different kinds of landscapes, and how have those paintings changed over time?

Duration:00:28:53

Episode 16 - Translucent Color

1/14/2024
How does the use of different media affect the look of paint?

Duration:00:31:06

Episode 15 - An Elaborated Sketch

12/4/2023
How were the underdrawings of Early Netherlandish paintings made and how can we see them?

Duration:00:28:19

Episode 14 - More Memories of the Forest

11/1/2023
Why are the oak panels of Early Netherlandish paintings good supports, and what can they tell us?

Duration:00:31:14

Episode 13 - A Dark Mirror

10/3/2023
How do Early Netherlandish paintings differ from Early Italian paintings - in how they look, what they mean, and what they are?

Duration:00:31:24

Episode 12 - A Survivor of the Flood, Part 2

8/2/2023
What's the story of the Cimabue Crucifix at Santa Croce, Florence? From 1966 until now.

Duration:00:35:13

Episode 11 - A Survivor of the Flood, Part 1

7/6/2023
What's the story of the Cimabue Crucifix at Santa Croce, Florence? From the thirteenth century until 1966.

Duration:00:25:15

Episode 10 - New Again

5/23/2023
How do modern and contemporary paintings reflect some of the physical aspects of Early Italian paintings? Some thoughts about engaged frames and the use of gold leaf.

Duration:00:30:27

Episode 9 - An Imitation of Luxury

4/5/2023
How did Early Italian painters combine gold and paint to imitate luxury textiles?

Duration:00:29:24

Episode 8 - Egg and Bright Earth

2/20/2023
What are the components of the paint used by Early Italian painters, how did they use it, and how has it changed over the centuries?

Duration:00:29:51

Episode 7 - Half-Solidified Sunlight

1/23/2023
How were the gold backgrounds of Early Italian paintings created, and how have they changed over time?

Duration:00:29:44

Episode 6 - Sinew and Stone

12/27/2022
Episode 6 - How did painters turn natural materials from animal and mineral sources into the perfect preparation for their panel paintings? A look at Early Italian gesso grounds.

Duration:00:28:04

Episode 5 - Memories of the Forest

11/20/2022
How does a tree become a support for a painting, and how does the memory of its life in the forest affect that support? A look at Early Italian panels.

Duration:00:24:44

Episode 4 - A Vision of Eternity

10/22/2022
How did European painters and patrons before about 1400 understand what paintings were and how did that affect how they were made? A look at Early Italian images of the Madonna and Child.

Duration:00:25:41

Episode 3 - A Surface with Paint on It

9/30/2022
How have modern painters explored what a painting can be? A look at the work of Frank Stella.

Duration:00:28:14

Episode 2 - A Mystery Novel

9/29/2022
What clues about a painting's materials and history can you find just by looking? A look at Botticelli's Birth of Venus in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence.

Duration:00:31:33

Episode 1 - A Three Dimensional Object

9/25/2022
What is the physical structure of a painting, and how does that relate to how a painting looks in person? A look at Rembrandt's Aristotle Looking at a Bust of Homer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Duration:00:25:30