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Item Number: 123851
Title: Blue Pigments : 5000 Years of Art and Industry
Author: Delamare, Francois
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781904982371
Description: London: Archetype, 2013. 25cm., pbk., 361pp. with 68pp. color illus. English translation of "Bleus en poudres", pub. Paris 2007. Contents: Egyptian blue, the blue pigment of Mediterranean antiquity: From Egyptian hsbd iryt to Roman caeruleum ; Zaffre, smalt, bleu d'esmail and azure: Tribulations of Saxon cobalt ; Natural ultramarine: The essence of the blue pigment ; German azurite and English blue verditer : Favourite pigments of European painters ; Prussian blue: An unexpected destiny ; The discovery of Thenard’s (cobalt) blue: A time for scientists ; Guimet blue and artificial ultramarines: The dream comes true ; Copper phthalocyanines: A chance happily exploited ; Rediscovering forgotten blues ; The Rediscovery of Egyptian blue ; The Rediscovery of Han blue ; The Rediscovery of yax, the Maya blue ; Appendix ; Bibliography ; List of colorants, colours, minerals and blue pigments mentioned in the text.
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