Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Painting on Architectural Surfaces

Painting on Architectural Surfaces

This program travels to four locales to examine technical aspects of how frescoes have been painted: a villa in Pompeii, where walls saturated with figures, dense colors, and ornamental motifs functioned both decoratively and ritually; the Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo, home of della Francesca’s Legend of the True Cross; the Salle des Saisons at the Louvre, to view Romanelli’s frescoes combined with richly gilded stuccowork; and the Residenz palace in Würzburg, to see how Tiepolo’s trompe l’oeil creates an extraordinary illusory space. (27 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33423
Copyright date: ©2003
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9498-1

Part of the Series : Making Masterpieces: A History of Painting Technique


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