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Blue pigments : 5000 years of art and industry
- Title
- Blue pigments : 5000 years of art and industry / François Delamare ; translated by Yves Rouchaleau.
- Author
- Delamare, François.
- Publication
- London : Archetype Publications, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QC495.8 .D4513 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 361 pages, 68 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 25 cm
- Uniform Title
- Bleus en poudres. English
- Alternative Title
- Bleus en poudres.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translation of: Bleus en poudres : de l'art à l'industrie : 5000 ans d'innovations. c2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-358) and index.
- Contents
- Egyptian blue, the blue pigment of Mediterranean antiquity : from Egyptian hsbd̲ iryt to Roman caeruleum -- Zaffre, smalt, bleu d'esmail and azure : tribulations of Saxon cobalt -- Natural ultramarine : the essence of 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 -- The rediscovery of Egyptian blue -- The rediscovery of Han blue -- The rediscovery of yax, the Maya blue.
- ISBN
- 9781904982371
- 1904982379
- LCCN
- 2013375167
- OCLC
- 832323142
- SCSB-9572998
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries