Initial A: Christ Appearing to David, 1440, Giovanni di Paolo. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 29, recto
A Golden Palette: Techniques of Renaissance Painter-Illuminators from Siena
GETTY CENTER
Museum Lecture Hall
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Giovanni di Paolo was a master at creating magical effects on panel and parchment in early Renaissance Siena. This illustrated lecture by Yvonne Szafran (senior conservator of paintings) and Bryan C. Keene (assistant curator of manuscripts) explores the painterly materials and range of optical effects that Giovanni utilized over the course of his long career. Complements the exhibition The Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni de Paolo in Renaissance Siena.