NPR

New technique uncovers the history of a painting through the paint used

Now we turn to a detective story involving the Dutch masters and white paint. Until the 20th century, one type of white paint made from lead reigned supreme. FRANCESCA CASADIO: There wasn't a painter ...
Hyperallergic

A Brief History of the Books Depicted in Western Painting

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, “The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil” (1785) Oil on panel; 83.2 x 64.8 cm (32 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.) Johannes Vermeer had a serious thing for books. As it turns out, so did Edward ...
Artnet

Who Was the First Artist to Work Outdoors? The Radical Origins of Plein Air Painting

In the 1780s, French painter Pierre Henri de Valenciennes produced a landscape of the Channel coast. To do so, he painted not from memory or from a sketch, but directly from the source—by stepping ...
Princeton University

History of Art

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...