Spike Bucklow

Broschiertes Buch

The Alchemy of Paint

Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages

Beschreibung

A fascinating look at how pigments were created, used, and revered in the Middle Ages.

Autor

Spike Bucklow trained as a chemist. He worked in the film industry, creating puppets using prosthetics, including Ronald Reagan in Spitting Image and Jabba the Hut in Return of the Jedi. He became an art conservator, at the Hamilton Kerr Institute in Cambridge where he restores mediaeval art. He is an expert in craquelure, fixing the cracks in oil paintings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 134mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780714531724
• ISBN-10: 0714531723
• Artikelnr.: 26125746