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The Painter’s Methods and Materials
by A. P. Laurie

ISBN: 0486218686
Dover Publications Price: $13.95
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Foremost authority on permanency, pigments, tempera, varnishes, etc. Modern procedures plus insights into classical techniques of the masters. 64 illustrations.

Table of Contents for The Painter’s Methods and Materials
I. THE MEDIUMS USED IN PAINTING
II. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OIL
III. THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE ON EARLY PAINTING METHODS IN OIL (contd.)
IV. WOOD PANELS AND PAPER
V. PRIMING OF PANELS AND CANVAS
VI. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTING
VII. THE PIGMENTS USED IN PAINTING (contd.)
VIII. THE BEHAVIOUR OF WHITE LIGHT
IX. COLOUR AND THE PRISM
X. "LINSEED OIL, WALNUT OIL, AND POPPY OIL"
XI. THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL
XII. HOW TO PAINT OIL PICTURES
XIII. "BALSAMS, RESINS, VARNISHES, ETC."
XIV. HOW TOP PAINT IN TEMPERA
XV. EMULSIONS
XVI. FRESCO PAINTING
XVII. MODERN METHODS OF FRESCO PAINTING
XVIII. OTHER METHODS OF WALL PAINTING
XIX. PRESERVATION AND CLEANING OF PICTURES
XX. CONCLUSION
INDEX

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