Knowra Panel painting Panel painting A painting made on a rigid support, commonly wood or another prepared panel. Its support is distinct from the flexible canvas or paper used in other painting formats.
Wood panel : A rigid board or joined assembly of boards used as a painting support. Wood panels were the principal supports for European panel paintings before canvas became widespread.
Panel painting construction : The assembly of boards, supports, ground, and paint layers that forms a panel painting. Board joins and reinforcing structures shape the panel’s response to stress.
Ancient Egyptian portrait panel : A painted wooden portrait panel, often associated with funerary practice in ancient Egypt. These portraits preserve an early, distinctive tradition of painting on wood.
Altarpiece : A painted, sculpted, or mixed-media structure placed behind or above a Christian altar. Many altarpieces were built from painted wooden panels, sometimes with hinged sections.
Panel painting conservation : The examination, care, and treatment of paintings made on rigid supports. Conservators balance the stability of the panel against the survival of original paint.
Panel painting ground : A prepared layer applied between a support and paint to create a suitable painting surface. Ground smooths and isolates the panel before paint is applied.
Wood movement : The dimensional change of wood as its moisture content changes. Humidity-driven movement can strain the comparatively brittle paint and ground.
Byzantine icon : A sacred image in the Eastern Christian tradition, commonly painted on a wooden panel. Byzantine icons sustained panel painting as a major form of devotional image-making.
Diptych : An artwork made of two panels joined by a hinge or designed as a pair. Small hinged panel diptychs served as portable devotional objects.
Dendrochronology : The dating and study of wood through patterns of annual growth rings. Tree-ring sequences can establish the earliest possible date for a panel’s wood.
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