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

Conference Paper (2018)
Author(s)

F. Di Cicco (TU Delft - Human Technology Relations)

Lisa Wiersma (Universiteit Utrecht)

MWA Wijntjes (TU Delft - Human Technology Relations)

Joris Dik (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-4)

Jeroen Stumpel (Universiteit Utrecht)

Sylvia C. Pont (TU Delft - Human Technology Relations)

Research Group
Human Technology Relations
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11012-3_51
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Research Group
Human Technology Relations
Pages (from-to)
671-675
ISBN (print)
978-3-030-11011-6
ISBN (electronic)
978-3-030-11012-3

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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