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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, panels from the Santa Reparata Polyptych, c. 1338-40
Tempera and gold on panel
Uffizi Galleries, Florence



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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