Bright Earth Art and the Invention of Color

Name: Bright Earth Art and the Invention of Color
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ISBN: 9780374116798

ISBN-10: 0374116792

ISBN-13: 9780374116798

Edition: 2002

Authors: Philip Ball

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A fascinating study of the evolution of color in art and science from antiquity to the present. For art in the twentieth century, medium is the message. Many artists offer works defined by their materials. In no aspect is this more strikingly demonstrated than in the use of color. Bright Earth is the story of how color evolved and was produced for artistic and commercial use. The modern chemical industry was spawned and nurtured largely by the demand for color as many of today's major chemical companies began as manufacturers of aniline dye; advances in synthetic chemistry, both organic and inorganic, were stimulated in the nineteenth century by the quest for artificial colors. The…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/20/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
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