Technology and the creation of color, pigment and paintings.(BOOKS)

The Washington Times | April 28, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Stephen May, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Most of us, I suspect, when we view paintings in museums and galleries, take note of colors on canvases, but give little thought to what went into developing the multihued pigments before us. There is, in fact, a long history of collaboration between chemists and artists in the evolution of colors and their use in aesthetic endeavors.

The story is told in occasionally exhaustive detail in this fascinating book. In "Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color," exploring a relatively overlooked aspect of ...

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