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| PIGMENT COMPENDIUM: A DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL PIGMENTS
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By
Nicholas Eastaugh, The Pigmentum Project, London; the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, UK
Valentine Walsh, The Pigmentum Project, London, UK
Tracey Chaplin, The Pigmentum Project; Department of Chemistry, University College, London, UK
Ruth Siddall, The Pigmentum Project; Department of Earth Sciences, University College, London, UK
Description
The Pigment Compendium Dictionary is a comprehensive information source for scientists, art historians, conservators and forensic specialists.
Drawn together from extensive analystical research into the physical and chemical properties of pigments, this essential reference to
pigment names and synonyms describes the inter-relationship of different names and terms.
The Dictionary covers the field worldwide
from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds
of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and
composition.
Audience
Conservators, conservation scientists restorers, researchers in art history/technical art history /historical paint
Students at post-graduate
level, specialist libraries, researchers in modern paint/art materials
Contents
Introduction
A to Z list of pigments
Table of properties
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Hardbound, 512 pages, publication date: NOV-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5749-5
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5749-9
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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