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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
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Kathleen Dardes and Andrea Rothe eds., The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, (Symposium, J. Paul Getty Museum, April 1995), The Getty Conservation Institute, 1995
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Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World, Greystone Books, 2016
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Recommended Listening
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Stuff About Things: An Art History Podcast
https://stuffaboutthingspodcast.com/
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