1. The document provides resources for researching techniques and materials used by artists, including books, databases, and image archives. 2. It discusses researching panel painting techniques through analyzing how Renaissance artists built up paint layers on wood panels. Investigating conservation efforts can also reveal artistic processes. 3. Key search terms are provided for exploring Northern Renaissance oil painting techniques, as well as researching specific artists like Rogier van der Weyden through their works and workshop practices. Reference books on artists' materials and techniques are also listed.

1. ARTH 347: Great Masters’ Materials and Techniques Time Date Professor

5. Investigate Further… Northern vs Southern oil vs. tempera Part 4 Influence: Technique and Visual Effect Technical investigations reveal how panels were made, how tempera & oil paint were used together & how designs were repeated with templates. Discoveries under-drawings & gold application.

8. Restoration and Conservation “ Temptation and Expulsion” By Michelangelo Buonarroti Sistine Chapel ceiling Fresco Restoration comparisons of Eve Image from ARTstor Investigating issues of conservation and restoration provides invaluable insight into artist materials and techniques.

9. Restoration & Conservation: Panel Painting Madonna and Child (c 1460) Rogier van der Weyden oil on panel transferred to canvas and relaid on panel, http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/VanDerWeydenPict.html The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings by Kathleen Dardes Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, c1998. Find an artist or work you are interested in? Find a book in the library catalog…