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What Is a Painting?
What Is a Painting?

What Is a Painting?

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

Available Episodes 10

What is the canvas of a canvas painting, and why and how was it used?

What's the story of the painting of the Just Judges panel now on display in Ghent?

Where is the Just Judges panel of the Ghent Altarpiece?

What happened to the Ghent Altarpiece between 1566 and 1934?

What is the Ghent Altarpiece, how was it created, and what changes did it undergo in the first 125 years of its existence? 

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

How does the use of different media affect the look of paint?

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

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

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