Building the Picture
Content
This online publication written and edited by Amanda Lillie coincided with the National Gallery exhibition 'Building the Picture: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting' (2014). Exploring the role of architecture in Italian painting, it offers a fresh interpretation of some of the most iconic pictures in the collection.
Introduction
Why incorporate architecture?
Constructing the Picture
Architecture and composition design
Entering the Picture
How buildings draw viewers in
Place Making
Creating real and imagined places
Architectural Time
Interpreting time in pictures
Conclusion
Architects of the imagination
More about the pictures
Explore the exhibition's exhibits
Further reading
Read more about the subject
Film series
Five contemporary perspectives
Research collaboration
More about collaborative research
The exhibition
30 April to 21 September 2014
The authors
Meet the publication authors