Bright earth
Philip Ball, Philip Ball · 2001
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About the book
"Bright Earth 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. For as long as artists have turned their dreams into images, they have relied on technical knowledge to supply their materials. 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 until the eighteenth century, most artists ground and mixed their own pigments, and by necessity had considerable skill as a practical chemists."--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780099507130
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