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Gold ground

Gold ground (both a noun and adjective) or gold-ground (adjective) is a term in art history for a style of images with all or most of the background in a solid gold colour. Historically, real gold leaf has normally been used, giving a luxurious appearance. The style has been used in several periods and places, but is especially associated with Byzantine…

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Gold ground

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related to Paintings · 24
Gold ground → By, Byzantine, Constantinople, Europe, Florentine, In, In Early Netherlandish, Italian, Italo-Byzantine, Italy, Lorenzo Monaco, Mérode Altarpiece, Netherlandish, Robert Campin, Rogier, Sack, Seilern Triptych, Siena, The, These
related to Manuscripts · 12
Gold ground → British Library, Christian, Golden Haggadah, Gospel Book, However, In, In Western Europe, Middle Ages, Ottonian, Technically, The, Typically
has effect · 11
Gold ground → Byzantine, Byzantium, Christ, In, Jesus, Otto Pächt, Recent, The New Testament, Transfiguration, Unlike, West

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the folds of clothinginstance ofthe use of gold lines in images to define and highlight features0.80text
Veniceinstance ofespecially in more conservative centres0.80text
Sienainstance ofespecially in more conservative centres0.80text
and for major altarpiecesinstance ofespecially in more conservative centres0.80text
Ottonian artinstance ofIn Western Europe the use of gold grounds on a large scale is mostly found either in the most sumptuous royal or imperial manuscripts in earlier periods0.80text
or towards the end of the Middle Agesinstance ofIn Western Europe the use of gold grounds on a large scale is mostly found either in the most sumptuous royal or imperial manuscripts in earlier periods0.80text
when gold became more widely availableinstance ofIn Western Europe the use of gold grounds on a large scale is mostly found either in the most sumptuous royal or imperial manuscripts in earlier periods0.80text
Gold groundhas effectRecent0.60section
Gold groundhas effectByzantine0.60section
Gold groundhas effectThe New Testament0.60section
Gold groundhas effectTransfiguration0.60section
Gold groundhas effectChrist0.60section

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