Blue
Title | Blue PDF eBook |
Author | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2015-04-28 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1452149240 |
Blue, the world's favorite color, is elegantly showcased in more than 200 artworks from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Representing a diversity of movements, cultures, and media that spans the ages and the globe, the objects in Blue range from ancient Egyptian jewelry and traditional Japanese prints to Impressionist paintings and indigo-dyed textiles. Short essays from museum curators on the significance and symbolism of the color at various times and places provide historical context for this visual feast. With page edges dyed blue, this distinctive volume is a bijou treasure.
The Cobalt Blues
Title | The Cobalt Blues PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Bogosian |
Publisher | |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Mines and mineral resources |
ISBN |
The Americana
Title | The Americana PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 828 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments
Title | Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Eastaugh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 2007-03-30 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1136373861 |
The Pigment Compendium Dictionary is a comprehensive information source for scientists, art historians, conservators and forensic specialists. Drawn together from extensive analystical research into the physical and chemical properties of pigments, this essential reference to pigment names and synonyms describes the inter-relationship of different names and terms. The Dictionary covers the field worldwide from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and composition.
Pigment Compendium
Title | Pigment Compendium PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Eastaugh |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 962 |
Release | 2008-09-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1136373934 |
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments. Illustrated throughout with full colour images reproduced to the highest possible quality, this book is based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties of pigments. Now combined with the Pigment Dictionary, the most thorough reference to pigment names and synonyms avaiable, the Pigment Compendium is a major addition to the study and understanding of historic pigments.
The Chemistry of Paints and Painting
Title | The Chemistry of Paints and Painting PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Herbert Church |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Colors |
ISBN |
COBALT CITY BLUES
Title | COBALT CITY BLUES PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 505 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1411692934 |