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
stannic sulfide, 183 star of David, 64 Starkey, George, 185 Stella, Frank, 93 Stellated Regulus of Antimony, 181 stone, 26–8, 61 animal, 83 Eagle, 82 Halcyon, 28 marine, 28 marrow, 27 of Assos, 28 see also fossil; marble; philosopher’s stone; sand; seed, stone; water, stone-forming stones, lord of the, 83 stratum super stratum, 65 Structures of the Elements, 38–39 studio, 147–67 art historical sense of, 194 furniture of, 149 sublimate symbol for, 182 sublimation, 79, 130–2, 145 symbol for, 140 substances, 96–116 as hypostases, 45 see also materia prima succen, 32 succus, 26 succi acres, 28 succi pingues, 28 sugar, 16 sulfates, 32 sulfides, color of flame of, 66 sulfur, 20, 23, 28, 30, 38–9, 56, 82, 87–8, 103–4, 110, 127, 142 and mercury, 53–4 as bodily fluid, 162 INDEX 241 as father of the hermaphrodite, 151 as hot, 62 as mercury, 62–3 as oil, 53 as the female principle, 179 black, 31, 39 liver of, 88 purple, 39 red, 31 symbol of, 65 violet or purple, 39, 132 Western, 149 Summa perfections, 30–4, 187 sun, 53, 63, 106, 168 as gold, 65 as planet, 108 as Sol, 53, 151 planet, 107 heart and shade of, 82 sunlight, 182 sun-tree, 53 superfluid, 25 sweat, 126, 144, 161, 183 symbols, 64 see also under individual substances Tachenius, Otto, 83, 85 talc, 32 tallow, 123 tapioca, 70 tartar, 82 symbol of, 65 temperaments, 61 tempera painting, 2–3, 21, 102–3, 120, 123, 169 in El Greco, 172 temperature, 30 ten, 47 terminator, 105 terra fœtida, 70 tetrad, 43, 47, 57–64 tetraktys, 46–8
242 WHAT PAINTING IS Texas A & M, 197 Thebes, 159 theoalchemy, 73 Theology of Arithmetic, 52–3 Theophilus, 145–6 thinking in paint, 3–4 three, 55–7 Thurneysser von Thurn, Leonhardt, 56–7 thutia, 32 time, 30 tin, 23, 30, 31, 56, 82, 88, 109, 116 as Jupiter, 65 symbol of, 79, 182 Tinctura Martis, 56 Tinctur Lunæ, 56 tincture, 56, 63, 82, 181, 183 Tintoretto, 189–91 Titian, 138, 169–70, 173–5 toad, 77, 146, 168 stone, 28 tohu wa bohu, 77 tomatoes, 70 tongue, 27 Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, 98 transcendence, 128–30, 187 transudation, 144 treacle, 149 tree, see silver tree triad, 43, 47, 55–7 tria prima, 55 Trinity, 55–6, 61, 62, 187 Trithemius, Johannes, 47 Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, 63, 145 trouvailles, 124 Tügel, Johan Gottfried, 151 turds, see excrement Turin shroud, 20 turpentine, 102, 127, 161 turpenoid, 102 turquiose, 32 Twilight Language, 54 two, 50–55 twofoldness, 188 ultramarine artificial, 19 ash, 66 Ultramarine Blue, 13, 50, 51, 66 unicorns, 24 Unity of Matter, 48 Unnamable, The, 137 Uranus, 108 urine, 33, 70, 138, 150, 179 boys’, 82, 149 ustulation, 130 uterus, 144 Valentine, Basil, see Basil Valentine Van Eyck, Jan, 170–1 Van-Helmont, Jean-Baptiste, 28–9, 59 vapor, 83 varnish, 119, 169 vaseline, 127 Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas, 198 Velázquez, 138 Venetian painting, 50, 170–1 Venus, 82, 173–4 as copper, 65 planet, 107 sulfur of, 56 symbol of, 65 Venus with a Mirror, 173 verdigris, symbol of, 65 Vermilion, 12, 20, 51, 88, 183 as Zinnober, 66 Scarlet Vermilion, 66 Veronese, 170 Vessoli, Dachile, and Roy, 39 video, 34 Vigenère, Blaise de, 105 vili medio, 160 vinegar, 21, 82, 146 violet, see Manganese Violet; purple;
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242 WHAT PAINTING IS<br />
Texas A & M, 197<br />
Thebes, 159<br />
theoalchemy, 73<br />
Theology of Arithmetic, 52–3<br />
Theophilus, 145–6<br />
thinking in paint, 3–4<br />
three, 55–7<br />
Thurneysser von Thurn,<br />
Leonhardt, 56–7<br />
thutia, 32<br />
time, 30<br />
tin, 23, 30, 31, 56, 82, 88, 109, 116<br />
as Jupiter, 65<br />
symbol of, 79, 182<br />
Tinctura Martis, 56<br />
Tinctur Lunæ, 56<br />
tincture, 56, 63, 82, 181, 183<br />
Tin<strong>to</strong>ret<strong>to</strong>, 189–91<br />
Titian, 138, 169–70, 173–5<br />
<strong>to</strong>ad, 77, 146, 168<br />
s<strong>to</strong>ne, 28<br />
<strong>to</strong>hu wa bohu, 77<br />
<strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong>es, 70<br />
<strong>to</strong>ngue, 27<br />
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, 98<br />
transcendence, 128–30, 187<br />
transudation, 144<br />
treacle, 149<br />
tree, see silver tree<br />
triad, 43, 47, 55–7<br />
tria prima, 55<br />
Trinity, 55–6, 61, 62, 187<br />
Trithemius, Johannes, 47<br />
Triumphal Chariot of Antimony, 63,<br />
145<br />
trouvailles, 124<br />
Tügel, Johan Gottfried, 151<br />
turds, see excrement<br />
Turin shroud, 20<br />
turpentine, 102, 127, 161<br />
turpenoid, 102<br />
turquiose, 32<br />
Twilight Language, 54<br />
two, 50–55<br />
twofoldness, 188<br />
ultramarine<br />
artificial, 19<br />
ash, 66<br />
Ultramarine Blue, 13, 50, 51, 66<br />
unicorns, 24<br />
Unity of Matter, 48<br />
Unnamable, The, 137<br />
Uranus, 108<br />
urine, 33, 70, 138, 150, 179<br />
boys’, 82, 149<br />
ustulation, 130<br />
uterus, 144<br />
Valentine, Basil, see Basil Valentine<br />
Van Eyck, Jan, 170–1<br />
Van-Helmont, Jean-Baptiste, 28–9,<br />
59<br />
vapor, 83<br />
varnish, 119, 169<br />
vaseline, 127<br />
Vauquelin, Louis-Nicolas, 198<br />
Velázquez, 138<br />
Venetian painting, 50, 170–1<br />
Venus, 82, 173–4<br />
as copper, 65<br />
planet, 107<br />
sulfur of, 56<br />
symbol of, 65<br />
Venus with a Mirror, 173<br />
verdigris,<br />
symbol of, 65<br />
Vermilion, 12, 20, 51, 88, 183<br />
as Zinnober, 66<br />
Scarlet Vermilion, 66<br />
Veronese, 170<br />
Vessoli, Dachile, and Roy, 39<br />
video, 34<br />
Vigenère, Blaise de, 105<br />
vili medio, 160<br />
vinegar, 21, 82, 146<br />
violet, see Manganese Violet;<br />
purple;
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