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The Alchemy of Paint: Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages by Bucklow,,
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- ISBN
- 9780714531724
- Book Title
- Alchemy of Paint : Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publisher
- Boyars Publishers, LTD., MARION
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Art, Social Science
- Topic
- Techniques / Painting, Folklore & Mythology, History / Medieval, Techniques / Color
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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The Alchemy of Paint is a critique of the modern world, which Spike Bucklow sees as the product of seventeenth-century ideas about science. In modern times, we have divorced color from its origins, using it for commercial advantage. Spike Bucklow shows us how in medieval times, color had mystical significance far beyond the enjoyment of shade and hue. Each chapter demonstrates the mindset of medieval Europe and is devoted to just one color, acknowledging its connections with life in the pre-modern world. Colors examined and explained in detail include a midnight blue called ultramarine, an opaque red called vermilion, a multitude of colors made from metals, a transparent red called dragonsblood, and, finally, gold. Today, "scarlet" describes a color, but it was originally a type of cloth. Henry VI's wardrobe accounts from 1438 to 1489 show that his cheapest scarlet was 14.2s.6d. and that scarlets could fetch up to twice that price. In the fifteenth century, a mid-priced scarlet cost more than two thousand kilos of cheese or one thousand liters of wine. This expense accounts for the custom of giving important visitors the "red carpet treatment." The book looks at how color was "read" in the Middle Ages and returns to materials to look at the hidden meaning of the artists' version of the philosopher's stone. The penultimate chapter considers why everyone has always loved gold. Spike Bucklow is a conservation scientist working with oil paintings at the Hamilton Kerr Institute in Cambridge.
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Publisher
Boyars Publishers, LTD., MARION
ISBN-10
0714531723
ISBN-13
9780714531724
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Alchemy of Paint : Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Techniques / Painting, Folklore & Mythology, History / Medieval, Techniques / Color
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Art, Social Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
N7432.7
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-024496
Dewey Decimal
751.2
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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