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Introduction
Why incorporate architecture?
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.
Why incorporate architecture?
Architecture and composition design
How buildings draw viewers in
Creating real and imagined places
Interpreting time in pictures
Architects of the imagination
Explore the exhibition's exhibits
Read more about the subject
Five contemporary perspectives
More about collaborative research
30 April to 21 September 2014
