Table of Contents

Part 1 The uses of paintings: Western Europe 1250-1500; maps; Christian worship and imagery; civic, dynastic and domestic art. Part 2 The painter: range and status; the guilds; contracts and commissions. Part 3 The making of paintings: the workshop members; premises, tools and equipment; drawings and props; panels; frames; canvas painting; grounds; underdrawing; gilding; pigments; glue size paintings; egg tempera paintings; oil painting in the Netherlands; oil painting in Italy.