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A Closer Look: Techniques of Painting (National Gallery London)
A Closer Look Techniques of Painting - National Gallery London Author:Jo Kirby Materials and working practices influence a painter just as much as contemporary intellectual and cultural developments. Techniques of Painting aims to help readers develop a painterly eye by learning to recognize different materials and methods of application and to appreciate how these features contribute to how a painting looks. Like all Clos... more »er Look volumes, this is a "how-to-look" guide, rather than a "how-to-do" guide, enabling readers to identify different painting techniques in all collections. The pictures illustrated range from 13th-century panel paintings in egg tempera to 19th-century oils on canvas, all from the National Gallery, London.« less