Bright earth : art and the invention of color
From Egyptian wall paintings to the Venetian Renaissance, impressionism to digital images, Philip Ball tells the fascinating story of how art, chemistry, and technology have interacted throughout the ages to render the gorgeous hues we admire on our walls and in our museums.
Print Book, English, 2003
University of Chicago Press ed View all formats and editions
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003
History
ix, 382 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
9780226036281, 0226036286
1000121701
Originally published: Great Britain : Penguin, 2001