What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting ... - Victoria Vesna
What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting ... - Victoria Vesna What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting ... - Victoria Vesna
lapis lazuli; ultramarine; Woad body, soul, and spirit 55–6 bole, 120 Bombast of Hohenheim, Aureolus Phillippus Theophrastus, see Paracelsus borax, 33 Born Under Saturn, 76 Bose-Einstein condensate, 25 botheration, 145 Botticelli, Sandro, 85 Bouvard and Pécuchet, 198 Boyle, Robert, 26, 112 boys, 149–50 brain, 149–50 brandy, 116 bread, 24 breasts, virgin’s, heat of, 29 bride, 82 bromine, 29 bronchitis, 70 bronze, 1, 88 brother, 53, 151 brown, 51, 119 sauce, 70 see also Burnt Sienna; earth tones; Ochre; Raw Sienna; Sienna Burggrav, Johann Ernst, 194 Burckhardt, Titus, 81 Burnt Sienna, 106, 110, 115, 195 butter, 57, 83, 162 see also paint, “buttery” or “creamy” cadmium, 88 Cadmium Yellow, 41 Cadmium Yellow Window, 44, 196 calamine, 28 calcination, 141, 144–5, 150 INDEX 229 calcium oxide, 87 polysulfide, 88 calf hoofs, 21 caput mortuum, 141, 183 carbon atoms, 25–26 carbon humanum, 149 Carmine, 21 cat, 185 cauda pavonis, 66 caves, 28 cement, 21 Cennini, Cennino, 169 ceration, 139–40 Cerulean Blue, 12, 14, 66, 106 Cézanne, Paul, 10 chakras, 164 chalk, 27, 169 chaos, 46, 77, 79–80, 82, 84–5, 94 chaotic dynamics, 34 charcoal, 21, 110 chemicals, 110 catalogues of, 65 chemistry, 9–39 cherry blossoms, 150 choleric humor, 61 Christianity, 154–7 chroma, 70 Chromium Green, 41, 119 cibation, 145 Cima da Conegliano, 170–1 cinders, 69 cinis qui est in cinere, 49 cinnabar, 20, 82, 103 “sweats” mercury, 183 symbol of, 65, 183 circulation, 132–7, 161 citrinitas, 63, 178 clarification, 145 clay, 27–28, 71 bole, 120 red, 21
230 WHAT PAINTING IS Cleidophorus Mystagogus, 77 Clouzot, Henri-Georges, 171 cloves, 20 coagulation, 56, 145 coal, 28 Cobalt Blue, 15, 66 cocks, 83, 145–6 coction, 145 coffin, 141 Cohausen, Johann Heinrich, 185 cohobation, 128, 150–1, 183 coins, alchemical tricks with, 197 colophony, 127 colors, see Jung, Carl; Kandinsky, Wassily; and under individual colors condoms, 70 congelation, 122–4, 145 coniunctio, 163, 178–9 Constantine of Pisa, 109 convalescence, 76 convection, 36 copal, 123 Copernicus, 108 copper, 23, 27, 30, 31, 56, 109, 146 as Venus, 65 black, 82 burnt, 82 color of flame, 66 resinate, 19, 170 sulfate, 33, 35, 116 symbols of, 79, 101, 179 copperas, 28 coral, 24, 28 extract of, 65 cornstarch, 22 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille, 196 counting, 43 Courbet, Gustave, 37 cream, 57, 140 creation of the world, 72, 77–78, 84 creative process, 121 crocus, 53 Croll, Oswald, 198 Cronos, 64 crow, 141 crucible, 29 symbol of, 182 crystals, 27, 36, 38–39, 82, 105, 140 rock crystal, 56 cuchul, 32 cucurbit, 127 Culling, Louis, 164 Damisch, Hubert, 45, 110, 196 dammar, 123 darkness, 85 death, 141–4, 185 decoction, 145 decrepitation, 144 Dee, John, 44, 46, 57, 78–9, 113, 168 deer, see stag delimiter, salt as, 105 deliquium, 144 denary, 47 depression, see melancholic humor dew, 72, 81, 126 see also fog, rain, water Devil, see Lucifer diad, see dyad diaphoretic, 126 diarrhea, 70 digestion, 137–9, 161 dipingere di tocco, 52 dissolution, 27 distillation, 54, 125–30, 144–5, 150– 1 of Eve, 161 symbol of, 125 doctor philosophies, 165 Doerner, Max, 171–3 double coiler, see balneum Mariæ double saline mediator, 55 dragon, 24, 49, 77, 185 wingless, 123 dualism, 42–3 Dubuffet, Jean, 37–8, 45 Du Chesne, Joseph, 116
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lapis lazuli;<br />
ultramarine;<br />
Woad<br />
body, soul, and spirit 55–6<br />
bole, 120<br />
Bombast of Hohenheim, Aureolus<br />
Phillippus Theophrastus, see<br />
Paracelsus<br />
borax, 33<br />
Born Under Saturn, 76<br />
Bose-Einstein condensate, 25<br />
botheration, 145<br />
Botticelli, Sandro, 85<br />
Bouvard and Pécuchet, 198<br />
Boyle, Robert, 26, 112<br />
boys, 149–50<br />
brain, 149–50<br />
brandy, 116<br />
bread, 24<br />
breasts, virgin’s, heat of, 29<br />
bride, 82<br />
bromine, 29<br />
bronchitis, 70<br />
bronze, 1, 88<br />
brother, 53, 151<br />
brown, 51, 119<br />
sauce, 70<br />
see also Burnt Sienna;<br />
earth <strong>to</strong>nes;<br />
Ochre;<br />
Raw Sienna;<br />
Sienna<br />
Burggrav, Johann Ernst, 194<br />
Burckhardt, Titus, 81<br />
Burnt Sienna, 106, 110, 115, 195<br />
butter, 57, 83, 162<br />
see also paint, “buttery” or<br />
“creamy”<br />
cadmium, 88<br />
Cadmium Yellow, 41<br />
Cadmium Yellow Window, 44, 196<br />
calamine, 28<br />
calcination, 141, 144–5, 150<br />
INDEX 229<br />
calcium<br />
oxide, 87<br />
polysulfide, 88<br />
calf<br />
hoofs, 21<br />
caput mortuum, 141, 183<br />
carbon<br />
a<strong>to</strong>ms, 25–26<br />
carbon humanum, 149<br />
Carmine, 21<br />
cat, 185<br />
cauda pavonis, 66<br />
caves, 28<br />
cement, 21<br />
Cennini, Cennino, 169<br />
ceration, 139–40<br />
Cerulean Blue, 12, 14, 66, 106<br />
Cézanne, Paul, 10<br />
chakras, 164<br />
chalk, 27, 169<br />
chaos, 46, 77, 79–80, 82, 84–5, 94<br />
chaotic dynamics, 34<br />
charcoal, 21, 110<br />
chemicals, 110<br />
catalogues of, 65<br />
chemistry, 9–39<br />
cherry blossoms, 150<br />
choleric humor, 61<br />
Christianity, 154–7<br />
chroma, 70<br />
Chromium Green, 41, 119<br />
cibation, 145<br />
Cima da Conegliano, 170–1<br />
cinders, 69<br />
cinis qui est in cinere, 49<br />
cinnabar, 20, 82, 103<br />
“sweats” mercury, 183<br />
symbol of, 65, 183<br />
circulation, 132–7, 161<br />
citrinitas, 63, 178<br />
clarification, 145<br />
clay, 27–28, 71<br />
bole, 120<br />
red, 21
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