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Thursday 7 January 2016
Going after the Master of the Mountain Landscapes
There is a lot of mysteries in the history of art. We can solve some of them with modern technologies like X-ray but others are doomed to be with us forever. And sometimes we even don´t know there is a mystery until someone brings it to the light. Our today story is from latest category and we will probably never be able to solve it.
Sunday 6 December 2015
Comprehensive Guide to Walnut Ink
First of all, I have to say that it isn`t easy to learn something about walnut ink. Of course, there are many homemade recipes all over the Internet, but lack of serious historical sources is alarming. We have many written examples of recipes for medieval iron gall inks, but not single one for walnut ink. More confusing, the Internet says over and over that walnut ink was used by Old masters, especially by Da Vinci and Rembrandt[1]. But again, no credible source of this information could be found.
First of all, I have to say that it isn`t easy to learn something about walnut ink. Of course, there are many homemade recipes all over the Internet, but lack of serious historical sources is alarming. We have many written examples of recipes for medieval iron gall inks, but not single one for walnut ink. More confusing, the Internet says over and over that walnut ink was used by Old masters, especially by Da Vinci and Rembrandt[1]. But again, no credible source of this information could be found.
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