Artists' pigments : a handbook of their history and characteristics

Author(s)

    • Feller, Robert L.
    • Fitzhugh, Elizabeth West
    • Berrie, Barbara H.

Bibliographic Information

Artists' pigments : a handbook of their history and characteristics

Ashok Roy, editor

National Gallery of Art , Distributed for the National Gallery of Art, Washington by Oxford University Press, c1986-

  • v. 1 : hbk.
  • v. 1 : pbk.
  • v. 2
  • v. 3
  • v. 4

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Note

Vol. 1: the hbk. edition is published by the Press Syndicate of University of Cambridge; editor Robert L. Feller

Vol. 2 contains revised, updated versions of articles originally published in Studies in conservation; editor, Ashok Roy

Vol. 3, Elizabeth West FitzHugh, editor

Vol. 4 published in association with Archetype Publications Ltd.; Barbara H. Berrie, editor

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A Pigment Handbook is designed to reach a wide audience as the ultimate authority on artists' colorants. With the support of the National Gallery of Art, Professor Robert Feller has edited a collection of essays on ten of the most important pigments for conservators, restorers and art historians. Many of the monographs first appeared in the quarterly of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Work. The first two sections describe the character and nomenclature of the pigment and the history of its use. The third deal with colour, permanence, and compatibility and the fourth section enumerates the varieties of the pigment available and explores the different methods of preparation. It also goes into the nature of colorants of natural origin and the potential variations of character dependent on the source. Section five describes methods and procedures to identify pigments and the last section lists principle citations about each particular pigment has been identified in various objects of artistic and historic significance.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA25646137
  • ISBN
    • 0521303745
    • 0894680862
    • 0894681893
    • 0894682563
    • 9781904982234
  • LCCN
    85028349
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Washington,New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    25 cm
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