BYZANTINE ORIGINS

ICONOCLASM

the icon  -   its theology  -   on colors and their meanings  -   iconoclasm  -   the “Madonneri”  -   the Venetian painters' guild  -   its origins and structure

EASTERN HERITAGE

tonality  -   pathos  -   decorativeness

VENETIAN ART

Paolo Veneziano

THE “MANNIERA GRECA”

Cimabue and Giotto


THE SEARCH FOR DEPTH

PADUA

Donatello and Mantegna

PERSPECTIVE

Florentine conceptualism and Venetian empiricism

GIOVANNI BELLINI


MATERIALS

MEDIUM

tempera  -   its advantages and disadvantages  -   oil  -   its development: Jan Van Eyke, Antonello da Messina, and Giovanni Bellini

COLOR

pigments  -   their origins  -   on preparation techniques

SUPPORT

panel  -   canvas


RESTORATION

varnishes and oils  -   the effects of the natural environment  -   on the particular problems for Venetian art  -   lakes  -   their origins  -   on their instability  -   smalt