Bright Earth: The Invention Of Colour by Philip Ball

Bright Earth: The Invention Of Colour

Philip Ball

448 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative reflective slow-paced
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One of the least studied aspects of the history of art is the artist's tools, especially the colours themselves and how artists have obtained them. Ranging from the ancient Greeks to the present day, it reveals how art is more of a science and sci...

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