Recovering Gold from Old Paintings – What We Can Learn from an Italian Renaissance Painter

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Recovering Gold from Old Paintings – What We Can Learn from an Italian Renaissance Painter

Why are we blogging about Crivelli today? It is because of his extensive use of gold in his paintings – not gold-colored paint, but real gold. He used the precious metal in remarkable ways. He found a way to not only apply gold leaf to areas of his paintings, but to etch beautiful geometric patterns into those gold surfaces. The effect is pretty breathtaking.

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All that Glitters Could Be Gold . . . In America’s Fading Movie Palaces

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All that Glitters Could Be Gold . . . In America’s Fading Movie Palaces

But how much gold is really to be found in the interiors of old theaters? If you get involved in demolishing one or have the opportunity to comb through architectural materials that were salvaged from an old theater, how much gold are you going to be able to reclaim and recycle?

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