Hello Folks, I'm trying to help a fellow librarian with an art question. I've found references to "transparent painting" but it's not clear to me what exactly it is. I did find a reference to a transparent painting used in an 18th century set design which might tie into her research, but I'm still not sure what it is. Are there any experts out there who would know? "I have a question about art! In doing research on nineteenth-century German music, I keep coming across the term "Transparentgemälde." A transparent painting? Have you run across this before? Is it a commonly found type of painting?" You can reply to me off-list. Thanks! Karen Bouchard Brown University -- Karen A. Bouchard Scholarly Resources Librarian for Art and Architecture Rockefeller Library, Box A 10 Prospect Street Brown University Providence, RI 02912 USA Phone: (401) 863-3218 [log in to unmask] http://libguides.brown.edu/profile.php?uid=56435 Images at Brown blog, latest entry: https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/image-collections-in-the-brown-library/new-entries/fungames Tweeting all about art, architecture, music & more at: @KbouArtMusic If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~