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Chromatopia : an illustrated history of colour / David Coles ; with photography by Adrian Lander.
Publication details: Port Melbourne, Victoria : Thames & Hudson Australia, 2018.Description: xv, 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781760760021
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 667 COL | Available | 068390 |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 222)
Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects. From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and serendipity,Chromatopia reveals the origin stories of over 50 of history's most extraordinary pigments.Spanning the ancient world to modern leaps in technology, this is a book for the artist, the history buff, the science lover and the design fanatic.
