A Text-book of the History of Painting

A comprehensive educational resource exploring Dutch 17th-century painting, covering portraiture, landscapes, genre scenes, and still lifes with historical context and analysis from the National Gallery of Art.

National Gallery of Art Washington

A complete 26-lesson painting course covering brushwork, color theory, composition, perspective, and finishing techniques for both oil and acrylic painters.

Gayle Levée

Symposium proceedings from the Getty Conservation Institute covering painting techniques from medieval gesso to Renaissance oil methods, with scientific analysis of pigments and materials.

Dinah Berland

A PhD thesis from Ecole Normale Superieure exploring pictorial composition through computational modeling, perception studies, and artistic creation, bridging cognitive science and abstract art.

Pierre Lelièvre

A PhD thesis from Goldsmiths College examining contemporary landscape painting through the lens of space-time theory, montage, and mapping, analyzing artists like Julie Mehretu and Sarah Morris.

Clair Joy