Gold-ground panel painting

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Gold-ground panel painting발음듣기

[Voiceover] Gold-ground paintings of the 13 and 1400s were usually made for an altar piece which decorated a public church or as part of a devotional altar commissioned for a private chapel.발음듣기

Creating a gold-ground panel painting was a lengthy process involving many steps and numerous artisans.발음듣기

Before an artist could begin work, a carpenter had to build the panel.발음듣기

First, planks cut from poplar trees were butt joined and held together with a glue made from casein, an adhesive derived from skim milk.발음듣기

Next, the frame was carved and attached.발음듣기

Bare poplar is far too absorbent to paint on.발음듣기

So the panel was coated with a thin layer of warm animal skin glue, an adhesive that was made by boiling animal hides in water.발음듣기

Linen was soaked in warm glue, rid on any excess liquid, then spread across the panel and across the frame sometimes as well.발음듣기

This was done in order to stabilize the seams of the panel and to ensure that the final painting surface would be as smooth as ivory.발음듣기

The linen also provided the foundation for the next step, the application of gesso.발음듣기

The gesso helped give the panel a surface smooth enough for gilding and painting.발음듣기

Gesso, the Italian for gypsum, is calcium sulfate, mined in Medieval times from this quarry at Cavallino in the Tuscan region of northern Italy.발음듣기

Making gesso, a task carried out by workshop assistants, required patience and vigilance.발음듣기

First, the white powdered gypsum was mixed into the animal skin glue.발음듣기

Incorrect proportions of gesso or glue would result in either cracking or a dusty surface.발음듣기

If the mixture overheated, air bubbles ruined the gesso, for when it dried, the surface would be peppered with pinholes.발음듣기

As shown in our demonstration panel, this could be disastrous for an angel's complexion.발음듣기

The gesso was brushed on in thin layers.발음듣기

For good adhesion between layers, six to eight coats of gesso were applied during one day and, if necessary, into the night.발음듣기

After the gesso had dried, artisans used charcoal to help them see where the panel was not uniformly smooth.발음듣기

Black charcoal was rubbed across the now-hard white surface.발음듣기

A steel scraper was used to level the gesso.발음듣기

Hollows would remain black until the whole surface was uniformly worked.발음듣기

At this point the panel was ready for the preliminary drawing.발음듣기

Artists used bits of charcoal to sketch in the design.발음듣기

This design served as a guide for the gilding of the panel.발음듣기

Any mistakes could be easily erased with a feather.발음듣기

The underdrawing could be made permanent by going over the faint lines of charcoal with a pen or brush.발음듣기

The underdrawing often appears somewhat rough.발음듣기

Its main purpose was to fix the boundaries between the painted surfaces and the gilded background.발음듣기

To provide a clearly defined edge to the gold, a needle was used to incise the outlines of the figures.발음듣기

The gold leaf served as the background of the picture so the gilding was done before painting.발음듣기

Once a halo was gilded and decorated, it is too late to alter the position of the saint's head.발음듣기

Over the centuries, gold leaf has retained the traditional measurements of four fingers' width.발음듣기

The main difference between Medieval gold leaf, which was beaten by hand from gold coins, and that produced today, is the degree of thickness.발음듣기

Medieval gold leaf was thicker, but still only semi-opaque.발음듣기

If the leaf was laid down directly onto the hard, white gesso, it appeared rather cold and greenish.발음듣기

So the artist first applied a soft, reddish-brown clay mixed with glue.발음듣기

This material was called bol, a Greek word meaning earth.발음듣기

And it was used to create a rich, warm ground below the gold leaf.발음듣기

The fragile sheet of gold leaf was put on a padded leather surface and cut into small, manageable pieces.발음듣기

The dried bol was then moistened with water, which reactivated the glue.발음듣기

And the gold was dropped immediately into position using a special brush or piece of thin card.발음듣기

This method of applying gold leaf is today called water gilding because the gold will only stick to the moist areas.발음듣기

When first applied, the thin leaf appeared rather matte and wrinkled.발음듣기

But the purpose of gilding was to make the surface look like solid, gleaming gold.발음듣기

To make the gold leaf brilliant, it was burnished with a dog or wolf's tooth.발음듣기

Modern agate burnishers are still made in this traditional shape.발음듣기

The timing of these processes was crucial.발음듣기

If burnishing was attempted too soon, the gold was rubbed away.발음듣기

Too late, and the gesso hardened, making it difficult to achieve a glittering surface.발음듣기

Once burnished, the panel was decorated with ornamental lines and punch marks, a process called tooling.발음듣기

Tooling made the gold sparkle and shimmer and drew a viewer's attention to figures of spiritual importance.발음듣기

A compass was used to incise the halo.발음듣기

But good hand and eye coordination was needed for creating the punch mark pattern.발음듣기

The punch must be held exactly perpendicular to the panel and struck evenly or one side of the punch mark would be more deeply indented than the other.발음듣기

For a more ornate decoration, stippling could be added.발음듣기

The gilded background can be further enhanced by colors painted to simulate expensive brocades.발음듣기

The usual method was to apply paint on top of the gilding and then transfer the design with a pricked cartoon.발음듣기

The dots of white pigment would pass through the prick marks and serve as an outline.발음듣기

Using the dots as a guide, the artisan gently scratched away the paint and revealed the gold underneath.발음듣기

Another method of applying gold leaf is called mordant gilding.발음듣기

Artists would use a small brush to paint thin lines of oil and then apply the gold leaf directly onto these lines as they dried.발음듣기

This technique was used commonly to embellish the edges of garments, as shown here in this altar piece by the Florentine artist Bernardo Daddi.발음듣기

These fine lines of mordant gilding did not require burnishing.발음듣기

After gilding, the panel was ready to be painted.발음듣기

The colored pigments used to make paint were usually obtained from the local apothecary.발음듣기

To make the paint, water was added to the powdered pigment and ground together on a marble slab.발음듣기

Paint is simply coloring matter or pigment mixed with a suitable adhesive, for example, the oil in oil paint.발음듣기

In the case of egg tempera paint, however, egg yolk was the adhesive or medium. The recipe was simple.발음듣기

Egg yolk and water were added in equal quantities and mixed in mussel shells or small pots.발음듣기

The yellowness of the yolk was commented on by the 14th century Florentine painter Cennino Cennini.발음듣기

In his treatise on painting, he explained that for young faces, the paler yolks of town hens should be used.발음듣기

For people of more swarthy complexions, the more orange yolks of country eggs were acceptable.발음듣기

The very fast drawing time of egg tempera did not allow colors to be blended as with oil paint.발음듣기

Three tones of the same color were mixed beforehand.발음듣기

Then the artist hashed fine lines of one tone into the next.발음듣기

These lights and darks could be modified by either applying more layers of color or by allowing the underpainting to show through.발음듣기

This ladder technique is best seen in the painting of flesh tones.발음듣기

The flesh area is underpainted with a layer of green earth as seen in this head of Saint Luke by Simone Martini.발음듣기

The pink flesh tint, a color made by mixing vermilion, ochre, and white has been applied thinly in the shadow areas, allowing the green underpaint to create a cool half-tone.발음듣기

A striking feature of gold-ground painting of the 1300s is the strength and brilliance of the colors.발음듣기

Here in the Daddi altar piece the blue of the Virgin's robe was painted with ultramarine.발음듣기

Imported from Afghanistan, its name derives from the Italian words for beyond the sea.발음듣기

The intensely blue pigment was extracted from crushed lapis lazuli, a long, complicated process that made it a painter's most expensive material.발음듣기

Bright, pure colors were required for a number of reasons.발음듣기

First, only intense, true colors could hold up to the glittering halos and brilliant gold backgrounds.발음듣기

Saints were often identified by their particular color.발음듣기

The Virgin Mary, for example, is shown here wearing her traditional blue robe.발음듣기

Lastly, bright colors were needed because Medieval churches were generally quite dark, and a viewer might see a painting only by a chance ray of sunlight or the glow of a candle.발음듣기

The colors, therefore, had to be brilliant.발음듣기

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