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Episode 5 - Memories of the Forest
Santa Croce, Florence - altarpiece from the late 14th century
Representation of tree growth as drinking straws
Cutting trees into planks
Simone Martini, Annunciation, 1333
Tempera and gold on wood, 120 x 104 in (305 x 265 cm)
Uffizi Galleries, Florence
Bernardo Daddi, Santa Reparata Before the Emperor Decius, c. 1338-40
Tempera and gold on panel, 12 ¾ x 16 in (32.4 x 40.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bernardo Daddi, panels from the Santa Reparata Polyptych, c. 1338-40
Tempera and gold on panel
Uffizi Galleries, Florence
Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child, ca. 1290–1300
Tempera and gold on wood, 11 x 8 1/4 in. (27.9 x 21 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Recommended Reading
Kathleen Dardes and Andrea Rothe eds., The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, (Symposium, J. Paul Getty Museum, April 1995), The Getty Conservation Institute, 1995.
Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World, Greystone Books, 2016.
Recommended Listening
Stuff About Things: An Art History Podcast
https://stuffaboutthingspodcast.com/
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