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001    ocm47208550 
003    OCoLC 
005    20030116000000.0 
008    010620s2002    nyuaf    b    001 0 eng   
010      2001041820 
020    0374116792|qhardcover|qalkaline paper 
035    (OCoLC)47208550 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dNOR 
042    pcc 
049    GUGA 
050 00 N7432.7|b.B35 2002 
082 00 701/.85|221 
100 1  Ball, Philip,|d1962- 
245 10 Bright earth :|bart and the invention of color /|cPhilip 
       Ball. 
250    First American edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,|c[2002] 
300    ix, 382 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-360) and 
       index. 
505 00 |g1. The|teye of the beholder : the scientist in the 
       studio -|g2.|tPlucking the rainbow : the physics and 
       chemistry of color --|g3. The|tforge of Vulcan : color 
       technology in antiquity --|g4.|tSecret recipes : alchemy's
       artistic legacy --|g5.|tMasters of light and shadow : the 
       glory of the Renaissance --|g6.|tOld gold : the revival of
       an austere palette --|g7. The|tprismatic metals : 
       synthetic pigments and the dawn of color chemistry --|g8. 
       The|treign of light : Impressionism's bright impact --|g9.
       A|tpassion for purple : dyes and the industrialization of 
       color --|g10.|tShades of midnight : the problem of blue --
       |g11.|tTime as painter : the ever-changing canvas --|g12.
       |tCapturing color : how art appears in reproduction --
       |g13.|tMind over matter : color as form in Modernism --
       |g14.|tArt for art's sake : new materials, new horizons. 
650  0 Color in art. 
650  0 Coloring matter|xHistory. 
650  0 Dyes and dyeing|xChemistry. 
650  0 Art and industry. 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       description/hol021/2001041820.html 
994    90|bGUG 
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