In a New Light: the Origins of Reflective Halo Tooling in Siena

• Autores: Norman Muller
• Localización: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, ISSN 0044-2992, Vol. 75, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 153-178
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article discusses the origin of reflective halo tooling in Christian altar and panel paintings in Siena, Italy in the 14th century on the example of paintings by Italian artist Simone Martini. The author discusses techniques of applying gold leafs on the halos, its light reflection, and other uses of gold in Christian decoration. Other topics mentioned in this article include ornamentation and decorations to the halos themselves titled pastiglia, the technique of clustering the punchmarks in the halo, so it the reflection would be brighter, and the Sienese artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti.