Dr. Marjolijn Bol

Associate Professor
Art History
m.a.h.bol@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. (2023). The Varnish and the Glaze: Painting Splendor with Oil, 1100–1500. (University of Chicago Press).
Bol, M. (2023). Imitating Crackles: Material Mimesis in Stones and Textiles. In D. Schäfer, M. Buning, & A. Mamidipudi (Eds.), Ownership of Knowledge: Beyond Intellectual Property The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14648.003.0011
Bol, M. A. H., & Spary, E. (Ed.) (2023). The Matter of Mimesis: Studies of Mimesis and Materials in Nature, Art and Science. (Studies in Art and Materiality). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004515413
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436125/9789004515413-39052.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2019). Polito et Claro: The art and knowledge of polishing, 1200-1500. In S. Dupré, & M. Bycroft (Eds.), Gems in the Early Modern World: Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450–1800 (pp. 223-257). Palgrave McMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96379-2_9
Bol, M. A. H. (2019). The Emerald and the Eye: On sight and light in the artisan's workshop and the scholar's study. In S. Dupré (Ed.), Perspective as Practice: Renaissance Cultures of Optics (pp. 71-101). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TECHNE.5.117722

2017

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2017). Gems in the Water of Paradise: The Iconography and Reception of Heavenly Stones in the Ghent Altarpiece. In C. Currie, B. Fransen, V. Henderiks, C. Stroo, & D. Vanwijnsberghe (Eds.), Van Eyck Studies: Papers presented at the Eighteenth Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Panting, Brussels, 19-21 September 2012 (pp. 34-48). Peeters Publishers.
Bol, M. A. H. (2017). Technique and the Art of Immortality, 1800-1900. History of Humanities, 2(1), 179-199. https://doi.org/10.1086/690578

2015

Professional publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2015). Droog en Nat. Kunstschrift, 59(1), 32-37.

Other output

Bol, M. A. H. (2015, Jun 2). Clear as Crystal: Leonardo da Vinci's Walnut Oil (Blogpost for the Recipe's Project). https://recipes.hypotheses.org/5806

2014

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H., Wallert, A., & De Groot, H. (2014). Glass and Parchment with a View: Oil Paint and the Imitation of (Stained) Glass Windows, 1400-1600. In H. Dubois, S. Eyb-Green, & J. Townsend (Eds.), Making and Transforming Art: Changes in Artists' Materials and Practice (pp. 129-130). Archetype Publications.
Bol, M. A. H. (2014). Coloring Topaz, Crystal and Moonstone: Factitious gems and the imitation of art and nature, 300-1500. In Fakes!?: Hoaxes, Counterfeits and Deception in Early Modern Science (pp. 108-129). Science History Publications Ltd.
Bol, M. (2014). Seeing through the paint: the dissemination of technical terminology between three métiers ; pictura translucida, enameling and glass painting. In Zwischen Kunsthandwerk und Kunst: die 'Schedula diversarum artium’ (Vol. 145, pp. 145-162). (Miscellanea Mediaevalia). De Gruyter.

Other output

Bol, M. A. H. (2014, Feb 18). Medieval Makeup 'Artists': Painting Wood and Skin (Blogpost for the Recipe's Project). https://recipes.hypotheses.org/3344

2012

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2012). Oil and the Translucent. Varnishing and glazing in practice, recipes and historiography, 1100-1600. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. Utrecht University.
Lehmann, A. S., & Bol, M. A. H. (2012). Painting Skin and Water: Towards a Material Iconography of Translucent Motifs in Early Netherlandish Painting. In L. Campbell, J. van der Stock, C. Reynolds, & L. Watteeuw (Eds.), Rogier Van der Weyden In Context: Proceedings of Symposium XVII, Leuven, November 2009 (pp. 215-228). (Underdrawing and Technology in Painting; Vol. 17). Peeters Publishers.

Professional publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2012). De lotgevallen van een herdersstaf. Kunstschrift, 56(5), 30-35.

2011

Professional publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2011). Jan van Eyck's Olieverftechniek, ca. 1430. In T. Van Bueren, H. Westgeest, & A. de Koomen (Eds.), Kunsttechnieken in historisch perspectief (pp. 77-84). Brepols.

2010

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H., & Lehmann, A. S. (2010). Painting Skin and Water. Towards a Material Iconography of Translucent Motifs in Early Netherlandish Painting. In L. Watteeuw (Ed.), COLLOQUIUM ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN IN CONTEXT (22-24 OCTOBER 2009) Peeters Publishers.

Professional publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2010). Lusteren en glaceren: Over Duitse en Vlaamse doorschijnende verven. Kunstschrift, 54(5), 8-18.

2008

Scholarly publications

Bol, M. A. H. (2008). Scholarship and Education. In P. J. G. Coelen (Ed.), Images of Erasmus (pp. 89-127). Boijmans Van Beuningen.