Medieval art shoppe in Tuscany

April 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Medieval art shoppe in Tuscany

The displayed works are accomplished through the use of ancient pictorial techniques passed on  by Cennino Cennini in his “Book of Art” (1370-1440)  including books by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574).  Each icon or biccherna is painted on ligneous supports of poplars, linden, cherry wood and chestnut, wisely left to season for many years before their use as painting panels.

In several cases, these boards are actually constructed with wooden parts dating several centuries,depending on the stock that I am able to buy through the carpenter who works for me. On a particular occasion, for example, he was actually able to craft a board from cutting a wood beam dating probably to the XVIth century.

The selection of the choicest materials is of the utmost importance in order to accomplish a superb level of craftmanship in the work I do. In order to make the paint, powdered pigments (lapis-lazuli pigments , verdigris, cochineal, saffron...), rubber and resins of natural origin mixed with egg yolk are employed – egg yolk tempera -.

The gildings are accomplished through the use of thin leaves of pure gold 24k/8k using the a’ guazzo technique, with previous spreading of a layer of Armenian plaster over a stratum of  a preparation composed of plaster and glue for gilders (rigorously exempt  of chemical and synthetic products). The decorative motifs of the halos and frames are entirely accomplished through the use of instruments used by goldsmiths, called burins (stamps) or dies, which I order from Florentine artisans.    


Medieval painting reproductions with tempera on tempera on wooden panel painting.
Reproduction of icons by authors such as Cimabue, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti, Giotto, Sano di Pietro, Spinello Aretino and Piero della Francesca.


Silvia Salvadori was born in 1978 in Sinalunga, in the heart of Tuscany.  She’s a graduate of the “Duccio  di Buoninsegna” Art Institute and holds a degree in Art Conservation from the University of Siena.  Living in the city of the Palio, she has established a spiritual and material ties with the surviving art workshops which preserve the pictorial traditions of the best artists of the Tuscany art schools of the middle ages and the Renaissance.   Art shoppe  is found right in the heart of Arezzo,a brisk walk away from Santa Maria della Pieve Church.
Inside, Maestra Silvia Salvadori executes any reproduction of paintings by authors from XIIth to the XVIth centuries.

http://www.bottegadartetoscana.it/

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Artistic reproductions painted following the same authentic age-old methods employed by the Old Masters: egg tempera and gold leaves over wooden tablets.