The Secret Formulas and Techniques of the Masters

Maroger, Jacques

New York: Studio Publications, 1948. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering; 200 pp; bw illustrations. VG- (light shelfwear to boards and text block. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clean.). Item #187236

Reconstruction of the formulas for painting media invented from the time of Van Eyck to the end of the 17th century. Contents: 1: On drawing -- Encaustic painting -- Theophilus, the monk -- The tempera technique -- Van Eyck -- An incident of the invention of Van Eyck (printing) -- The first lead medium (Antonello da Messina) -- The second lead medium (Leonardo da Vinci) -- The lead and wax medium of the Venetians (Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto) -- The high Renaissance (the results of technical development) -- Rubens -- The Dutch Masters (Rembrandt, Hals and "The Little Masters") -- Velasquez -- The loss of the medium -- 2: The formulas and technique of Van Eyck -- The formula for the first lead medium (Antonello da Messina) -- The formula for the second lead medium (The probable technique of Leonardo da Vinci) -- The formula for the land and wax mediums of the Venetians (Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto) -- The lead and wax formula simplified -- A summary of the formulas and technique of Rubens -- The formulas of the Dutch Masters ("The Little Masters," Rembrandt) -- The formula of Velasquez -- 3: The materials -- Preparation of grounds.