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