Gilding in Spanish panel painting from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Gilding in Spanish panel painting from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Issue 2 (2nd July 2016)
- Main Title:
- Gilding in Spanish panel painting from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries
- Authors:
- Kroustallis, Stefanos
Gómez González, Marisa
Miquel Juan, Matilde
Bruquetas Galán, Rocío
Pérez Monzón, Olga - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Pure gold is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal. These characteristics allow it to be hammered into thin leaves and applied to other surfaces, a process known as gilding. This study examines the gilding techniques used in Spanish panel and retable painting from the fifteenth to early sixteenth century, considering gold's intrinsic value and symbolism as well as its role as a painting material. First, historical references and laboratory analyses of panel paintings will be compared and interpreted; second, important technical aspects of gold leaf will be discussed, including its composition and possible origin, its thickness and size, its price, and the different poliments and modes of adhesion used to apply it to the substrate.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of medieval Iberian studies. Volume 8:Issue 2(2016)
- Journal:
- Journal of medieval Iberian studies
- Issue:
- Volume 8:Issue 2(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 8, Issue 2 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0008-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 313
- Page End:
- 343
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07-02
- Subjects:
- medieval art -- gold leaf -- water gilding -- mordant gilding -- Spanish panel painting
Iberians -- History -- Periodicals
Civilization
Iberians
Iberian Peninsula -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516 -- Periodicals
Portugal -- Civilization -- To 1500 -- Periodicals
Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Europe -- Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
Spain
History
Periodicals
946.000902 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ribs20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/17546559.2016.1230273 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1754-6559
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