Bright earth : art and the invention of color /
Provides a glimpse into a little-explored avenue in the history of art and science: the creation of pigments and dyes and their influence on painting, as well as on fashion, merchandising, and the textile and chemical industries. Today almost every shade imaginable is easily available in off-the-she...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2002, c2001.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | Provides a glimpse into a little-explored avenue in the history of art and science: the creation of pigments and dyes and their influence on painting, as well as on fashion, merchandising, and the textile and chemical industries. Today almost every shade imaginable is easily available in off-the-shelf tubes; every hue and tincture is manufactured and ready for immediate use by the painter. But up till the eighteenth century, most artists ground and mixed their own pigments, and by necessity had considerable skill as practical chemists. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 382 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0374116792 (alk. paper) : |