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A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of Historic 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
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It
provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.
Illustrated throughout with full colour
images reproduced to the highest possible quality, this book is based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties
of pigments.
Now combined with the Pigment Dictionary, the most thorough reference to pigment names and synonyms avaiable, the Pigment
Compendium is a major addition to the study and understanding of historic pigments.
Audience
Practising conservators, trainees and students working in the field of painting conservation and conservation science dealing with paintings
and painted objects worldwide. Also, conservators in the field of geology and forensic scientists.
Contents
Introductory essays
Pigments in colour order, including photographs, optical analysis, summary, references
Dictionary of Historical Pigments
Glossary/Synonyms
Tables
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Hardbound, 960 pages, publication date: JUN-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8980-9
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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