Wood and Forest Molecules in the Fine Arts

Professor Tatjana Stevanovic is from Belgrade, Serbia, where she was educated, culminating in a PhD from the University of Belgrade. From 1979 to 1997, she taught Wood Chemistry and Chemical Transformation of Wood at Belgrade University. Later, she assumed the role of a Professor at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. Since then, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses centered around green (wood) chemistry and sustainable engineering at the Department of Wood and Forest Sciences. Additionally, she serves as the Director of the Wood Engineering Program. Her research endeavors primarily revolve around the study of lignins and bioactive extractive components of wood. Additionally, she served (from 2010 to 2023)  as the Director of the Wood Engineering Program. Her research endeavors primarily revolve around the study of lignins and bioactive extractive components of wood.

• Chapter 1. Forest and woods.- Chapter 2. History of Ducal Palace and of the Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro of Urbino.- Chapter 3. Wood in artwork: as solid support for easel painting, in sculpture and in woodcuts for printmaking .- Chapter 4. Forest resins,   gums  and other products historical uses  as adhesives,  thickening agents, varnishes and pigments )focus pn renaissance art.- Chapter 5. Piero della Francesca.- Chapter 6. Albrech Dürer’s woodcuts.- Conclusion.