Colour Histories: Science, Art, and Technology in the 17th and 18th Centuries

by Magdalena Bushart and Friedrich Steinle

Magdalena Bushart (Editor) and Friedrich Steinle (Editor)

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Knowledge about colour - its 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.
  • ISBN10 3110335832
  • ISBN13 9783110335835
  • Publish Date 15 November 2014
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Imprint Walter de Gruyter
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 512
  • Language English