Colour histories : science, art, and technology in the 17th and 18th centuries

Knowledge about colour – it's properties, methods of fabrication, meanings, and uses – has always been the purview of a wide range of individuals, from painters and architects to dyers, printers, pigment manufacturers, chemists. This volume discusses how different communities interacted with re...

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Altri autori: Bushart, Magdalena (Redattore, Hrsg.)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Berlin ; Boston : de Gruyter , 2015
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Documenti correlati:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Magdalena Bushart / Friedrich Steinle (eds.), Colour histories. Science, art, and technology in the 17th and 18th centuries]
Note sull'autore:ed. by Magdalena Bushart and Friedrich Steinle
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Riassunto:Knowledge about colour – it's properties, methods of fabrication, meanings, and uses – has always been the purview of a wide range of individuals, from painters and architects to dyers, printers, pigment manufacturers, chemists. This volume discusses how different communities interacted with respect to knowledge and practices surrounding colour, thus contributing to a better understanding of an important current in cultural history.
Descrizione del documento:Literaturangaben
Descrizione fisica:XIV, 420 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 170 mm x 240 mm
ISBN:3110335735
9783110335736