
What Is a Painting?
What do you see when you look at a painting? You see the subject and the style of the work but also the materials and technologies used to create it and the traces of everything that has happened to it. Professional paintings conservator Jean Dommermuth considers how all of those factors contribute to what a painting is. You don’t need to know anything about art history to enjoy this podcast, but no matter what, you’ll never look at a painting the same way again. You can find images and related materials at jeandommermuth.com/podcast
Podcasting since 2022 • 24 episodes
What Is a Painting?
Latest Episodes
Episode 24 - Reinforcements
What can be done to reinforce a degraded canvas support of a painting, and how can that change that painting's look?
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Episode 24
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29:38

Episode 23 - Glue and Blues
How does paint made from animal glue and different blue pigments work, look, and age?
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Episode 23
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31:36

Episode 22 - A Little Cloth
What is the canvas of a canvas painting, and why and how was it used?
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Episode 22
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34:02
