The Technique of Making Pastiglia in the Tempera by Carlo Crivelli (No. 5)
—A Study on the Genealogy and Method of the Halo Technique—
2023 Volume 55 Issue 1 Pages 57-64
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2023 Volume 55 Issue 1 Pages 57-64
“Mary Magdalene” by Carlo Crivelli in the collection of the Rijksmuseum is the most fulfilling period of Crivelli’s life, both in public and private. Like Crivelli’s many multi-winged altarpieces, painted in 1475, his craft techniques are remarkable, such as stacked halos, attributes, jewelry such as hair ornaments, and garments. This time, we focused on the stacking technique of the halo part of “Mary Magdalene” by tracing the technical process and transition of the style of halo applied to board painting in general during the Italian Gothic period, we will approach Crivelli’s unique method of accumulation.
