Chromatopia : an illustrated history of color
David Coles
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
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| Omfang | xv, 223 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Først utgitt: 2018. - A life lived in colour -- Glossary -- The basics of colour : Blue ; Purple ; Red ; Orange ; Yellow ; Green -- I. The first colours : Ochres ; Chalk white ; Lamp black ; Bone white ; Bone black -- II. Colour in the time of the ancients : Egyptian blue ; Orpiment ; Realgar ; Woad -- III. Colour + the classical world : Lead white ; Tyrian purple ; Indigo ; Malachite ; Azurite ; Red lead ; Verdigris ; Chrysocolla -- IV. Medieval colours : Lac ; Vine black ; Kermes ; Dragon's blood ; Lapis lazuli ; Peach black ; Lead tin yellow ; Vermilion ; Smalt ; Saffron ; Blue Verditer ; Graphite ; Naples Yellow -- V. Writing inks : Gall ink : Bistre ; Sepia ; Walnut -- VI. Dyes, lakes + pinkes : Arzica ; Brazilwood ; Logwood ; Stil De Grain ; Madder lake ; Cochineal ; The farmers of cochineal -- VII. Mysterious colours : Indian yellow ; Gamboge ; Mummy Brown -- VIII. The explosion of colours : Prussian blue ; Lead chromates ; Emerald green ; Cobalt ; Potter's pink ; Ultramarine ; Cadmium ; Cerulean blue ; Manganese -- IX. A brave new world of colour : Mars colours ; Zinc white ; Titanium white ; Synthetic chemistry of the modern world -- X. The science of modern colour : Fluorescence ; Photoluminescence ; YInMn blue ; Vantablack ; Making colour visceral: how paint is made -- Manufacturing pigments : Lead white ; Carmine lake ; Ultramarine ; Madder lake -- Artists' colour.. - Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic color and used it to create the famous blue crown of Queen Nefertiti? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? In the Roman Empire, hundreds of thousands of snails had to be sacrificed to produce a single ounce of dye. Throughout history, pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects. From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and pure luck, Chromatopia reveals the origin stories behind over fifty of history’s most vivid color pigments.Featuring informative and detailed color histories, a section on working with monochromatic color, and “recipes” for paint-making, Chromatopia provides color enthusiasts with an eclectic story of how synthetic colors came to be. Red lead, for example, was invented by the ancient Greeks by roasting white lead, and it became the dominant red in medieval painting.Spanning from the ancient world to modern leaps in technology, and vibrantly illustrated throughout, this book will add a little chroma to anyone’s understanding of the history of colors.
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| ISBN | 9781760761219
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