Artists’ Pigments
A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, Volume 1
Edited by Robert L. Feller
Hardback (Published)
(May 2012)
ISBN: 9781904982746
6.73 x 9.76 inches
Price: $170.00
In stock
This is the first volume in the series Artists’ Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics published by National Gallery of Art in association with Archetype Publications Ltd. Each volume concentrates on different pigments (see the contents for each volume). The series is an Encyclopedic Reference intended for: The practicing artist to learn a pigment’s color, hiding power, light-fastness, toxicity, compatibility; The art historian to know how an artist worked, what pigments were used, whether they were pure or mixed, opaque or transparent, layered or not; The conservator to devise techniques necessary for the care and conservation of works of art, to determine what is original, to repair damages, to compensate for missing portions of a painted surface; The curator and the connoisseur to know the history of manufacture and use of pigments, to authenticate and assign probable dates to works of art; The conservation scientist to learn identification methods used, including optical microscopy, microchemical tests, X-ray diffraction, infrared and reflectance spectrophotometry, and electron microscopy.
Preface
J. Carter Brown
Foreword
Robert L. Feller
Introduction
Indian yellow
N.S. Baer, A. Joel, R.L. Feller, and N. Indictor
Cobalt yellow (aureolin)
Maura Cornman
Barium sulfate - natural and synthetic
Robert L. Feller
Cadmium yellows, oranges, and reds
Inge Fiedler and Michael Bayard
Red lead and minium
Elisabeth West Fitzhugh
Green earth
Carol A. Grissom
Zinc white
Hermann Kühn
Chrome yellow and other chromate pigments
Hermann Kühn and Mary Curran
Lead antimonate yellow
Ian N.M. Wainwright, John M. Taylor, and Rosamond D. Harley
Carmine
Helmut Schweppe and Heinz Roosen-Runge
Appendices
Robert L. Feller and Michael Bayard
Ruth Johnston-Feller
- Edited by Robert L. Feller
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