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Bright Earth Art and the Invention of Color

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ISBN-10: 0226036286

ISBN-13: 9780226036281

Edition: 2003

Authors: Philip Ball

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List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Preface
The eye of the Beholder: The Scientist in the Studio
Plucking the Rainbow: The Physics and Chemistry of Color
The Forge of Vulcan: Color Technology in Antiquity
Secret Recipes: Alchemy's Artistic Legacy
Masters of Light and Shadow: The Glory of the Renaissance
Old Gold: The Revival of an Austere Palette
The Prismatic Metals: Synthetic Pigments and the Dawn of Color Chemistry
The Reign of Light: Impressionism's Bright Impact
A Passion for Purple: Dyes and the Industrialization of Color
Shades of Midnight: The Problem of Blue
Time as Painter: The Ever-Changing Canvas
Capturing Color: How Art Appears in Reproduction
Mind over Matter: Color as Form in Modernism
Art for Art's Sake: New Materials, New Horizons
Notes
Bibliography
Index