| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
ix, 382 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-360) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The eye of the beholder : the scientist in the studio - 2. Plucking the rainbow : the physics and chemistry of color -- 3. The forge of Vulcan : color technology in antiquity -- 4. Secret recipes : alchemy's artistic legacy -- 5. Masters of light and shadow : the glory of the Renaissance -- 6. Old gold : the revival of an austere palette -- 7. The prismatic metals : synthetic pigments and the dawn of color chemistry -- 8. The reign of light : Impressionism's bright impact -- 9. A passion for purple : dyes and the industrialization of color -- 10. Shades of midnight : the problem of blue -- 11. Time as painter : the ever-changing canvas -- 12. Capturing color : how art appears in reproduction -- 13. Mind over matter : color as form in Modernism -- 14. Art for art's sake : new materials, new horizons. |
| Subject |
Color in art.
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Coloring matter -- History.
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Dyes and dyeing -- Chemistry.
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Art and industry.
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| ISBN |
0374116792 hardcover alkaline paper |
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