Impressionist art appears to be effortless and spontaneous, but it actually involves an intricate approach to painting. In this book a curator, an conservator, and two scientists use modern methods of examination to investigate exactly how these paintings were done and what materials were used. 76 illustrations; 208 color plates.

Impressionism: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Arts & Photography

Kirby, Jo

Roy, Ashok

Bomford, David

Leighton, John

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

The main body of the book is a fully illustrated examination of eight important works of the period between 1270 and 1370, including large altarpieces consisting of many painted panels.

Italian Painting Before 1400: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Dunkerton, Professor Jill

Gordon, Ms. Dillian

National Gallery London

Rembrandt (1606–1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch “Golden Age.” This new edition of Art in the Making: Rembrandt (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist’s birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last 20 years, addressing problems of attribution that were hardly touched on in the original, groundbreaking edition of 1988.Introductory essays by distinguished conservation, curatorial, and scientific specialists cover the artist’s studio and working methods, the training of painters in 17th-century Holland, and Rembrandt’s materials and technique. The essays are followed by handsomely illustrated catalogue entries on 27 paintings. A comprehensive bibliography provides a rich source of information about the practice of oil painting, not only for Rembrandt but for 17th-century Dutch painting in general.

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

Brown, Christopher Leslie

A study of Holbein's portrait entitled "The Ambassadors". It offers a technical account of the painting and sets it in the context of the religious and political crisis in Europe in 1533, investigating the political fortunes and artistic patronage of the Dinteville family who commissioned it.

Holbein's "Ambassadors": Making and Meaning (National Gallery London Publications)

Foister, Susan

Wyld, Martin

It is not always obvious from looking at pictures what kinds of materials may be used by an artist to make colour. Through a selection of superb pictures from the National Gallery, London, this Pocket Guide explains how colored pigments are combined with a medium to form a paint layer, and how this affects our perception of colour.

Colour: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

This is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals's highly innovative approach to male portraiture. Frans Hals is one of the greatest portrait painters of all time and, together with Rembrandt, is one of the most eminent seventeenth-century Dutch artists. Published to coincide with the Wallace Collection's exhibition of the same name, Frans Hals: The Male Portrait explores the artist's highly innovative approach to male portraiture, from the beginning of his career in the 1610s until the end of his life in 1666. Through pose, expression and virtuosic painterly technique, Hals revolutionised the male portrait into something entirely new and fresh, capturing and revealing his sitters' characters like no one else before him. This book includes the first in-depth study of Hals's great masterpiece, The Laughing Cavalier, from 1624. The extravagantly dressed young man, confidently posed with his left arm akimbo in the extreme foreground of the picture and seemingly penetrating into the viewer's space, has been charming audiences for over a century. Richly illustrated, Frans Hals: The Male Portrait situates The Laughing Cavalier within the artist's larger oeuvre and demonstrates how, at a relatively early point in his career, Hals was able to achieve this great masterpiece.

Frans Hals: The Male Portrait

Packer, Lelia

Philip Wilson Publishers

Rembrandt (1606–1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch “Golden Age.” This new edition of Art in the Making: Rembrandt (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist’s birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last 20 years, addressing problems of attribution that were hardly touched on in the original, groundbreaking edition of 1988. Introductory essays by distinguished conservation, curatorial, and scientific specialists cover the artist’s studio and working methods, the training of painters in 17th-century Holland, and Rembrandt’s materials and technique. The essays are followed by handsomely illustrated catalogue entries on 27 paintings. A comprehensive bibliography provides a rich source of information about the practice of oil painting, not only for Rembrandt but for 17th-century Dutch painting in general.

Rüger, Axel

White, Raymond

The National Gallery Technical Bulletin is a unique record of research carried out at the National Gallery, London. Drawing on the combined expertise of curators, conservators, and scientists, it brings together a wealth of information about artists’ materials, practices, and techniques. Volume 27 is a special edition dedicated to Renaissance Siena and Perugia from 1490 to 1510. Contents of Volume 27: The Master of the Story of Griselda and Paintings for Sienese Palaces; The Madonna dei Loreto: An Altarpiece by Perugino for Santa Maria dei Servi, Perugia; Working with Perugino: The Technique of an Annunciation attributed to Giannicola di Paolo; Gilding and Illusion in the Painting of Bernardino Fungai. Details of the contents of this and all volumes can be found at http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/technicalbulletin.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 27: Renaissance Siena and Perugia, 1490-1510 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

'The National Gallery Technical Bulletin' draws on the combined expertise of curators, conservators and scientists, and brings together information about artists' materials, practices and techniques.

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 28 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

Study & Teaching

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Impressionism: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Impressionism: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Italian Painting Before 1400: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

Holbein's "Ambassadors": Making and Meaning (National Gallery London Publications)

Colour: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Frans Hals: The Male Portrait

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 27: Renaissance Siena and Perugia, 1490-1510 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)

National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 28 (National Gallery Technical Bulletins)