A digital tool to understand the pictorial procedures of 17 th  century realism

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

F. Di Cicco Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Lisa Wiersma Universiteit Utrecht
M.W.A. Wijntjes Human Information Communication Design - IDE
J. Dik (OLD) MSE-4
Jeroen Stumpel Universiteit Utrecht
S.C. Pont Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract


To unveil the mystery of the exquisitely rendered materials in Dutch 17
th
century paintings, we need to understand the pictorial procedures of this period. We focused on the Dutch master Jan de Heem, known for his highly convincing still-lifes. We reconstructed his systematic multi-layered approach to paint grapes, based on pigment distribution maps, layers stratigraphy, and a 17
th
century textual source. We digitised the layers reconstruction to access the temporal information of the painting procedure. We combined the layers via optical mixing into a digital tool that can be used to answer “what if” art historical questions about the painting composition, by editing the order, weight and colour of the layers.

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