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Pigments

Pigments

Leonhard, Karin
Berrie, Barbara H.
Fowler, Caroline

Paperback

Series: Art/Work, Book 1

Art HistoryColorConservation & Preservation

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ISBN10: 0691223718
ISBN13: 9780691223711
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Jun 4 2024
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.60 Width: 7.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A concise illustrated history of one of art's most important and elusive elements

Over the millennia, humans have used pigments to decorate, narrate, and instruct. Charred bone, ground earth, stones, bugs, and blood were the first pigments. New pigments were manufactured by simple processes such as corrosion and calcination until the Industrial Revolution introduced colors outside the spectrum of the natural world. Pigments brings together leading art historians and conservators to trace the history of the materials used to create color and their invention across diverse cultures and time periods. This richly illustrated book features incisive historical essays and case studies that shed light on the many forms of pigments--the organic and inorganic; the edible and the toxic; and those that are more precious than gold. It shows how pigments were as central to the earliest art forms and global trade networks as they are to commerce, ornamentation, and artistic expression today. The book reveals the innate instability and mutability of most pigments and discusses how few artworks or objects look as they did when they were first created.

From cave paintings to contemporary art, Pigments demonstrates how a material understanding of color opens new perspectives on visual culture and the history of art.

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