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Published by University of Chicago Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0226036286ISBN 13: 9780226036281
Seller: Goodwill of Colorado, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!.
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Published by Vintage, 2008
ISBN 10: 0099507137ISBN 13: 9780099507130
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 2002
ISBN 10: 014029662XISBN 13: 9780140296624
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
ISBN 10: 0374116792ISBN 13: 9780374116798
Seller: New Legacy Books, Annandale, NJ, U.S.A.
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Published by Viking, 2001
ISBN 10: 0670893463ISBN 13: 9780670893461
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Viking, 2001, 2001
Seller: lobstabooks, Leiston, United Kingdom
VG/VG near fine both. dj is a clean and tidy. sharp-cornered. appears unread. not price-clipped. internally, there are no inscriptions or marginalia.
Published by London, Penguin Viking, 2001., 2001
First Edition
xiv+434pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, near fine. First Edition.
Published by Viking, London, 2001
Seller: Caledonia Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustwrapper very slightly sunned at spine; also price-clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by University of Chicagpo Press, Chicago, 2003
Seller: Bij tij en ontij ..., Kloosterburen, NL, Netherlands
Paperback, 22 cm, 382 pp. Ills.: color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0226036286.
Published by Penguin Group Australia 2003 Paperback, 2002
ISBN 10: 0141013486ISBN 13: 9780141013480
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Condition: Good. 448 pages.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2001. 382, (2) pp. Hardcover with d/w. Illustrated. Fine condition.
Published by London Viking Penguin Books 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0670893463ISBN 13: 9780670893461
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
FIRST EDITION, 8vo hardback with dust jacket, 434pp, indexed, illustrated in colour and b/w. VG/VG. (SHELF 29) ISBN: 0670893463 NOTE: Heavy Book, [1.1 kg+] might require special shipping arrangements. ** To see a scan of this book please visit our Home page ** Our shop is open to visitors Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm. - Credit and (UK) Debit cards welcome.- Books posted Worldwide. - For any queries please contact us.
Published by London : Viking, 2001
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 434 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (p. [408]-416) and index. Contents; The eye of the beholder - the scientists in the studio; plucking the rainbow - the physics and chemistry of colour; the forge of vulcan - colour technology in antiquity; secret recipes -alchemy's artistic legacy; masters of light and shadow - the glory of the Renaissance; old gold - the revivial of an austere palette; the prismatic metals - synthetic pigments and the dawn of colour chemistry; the reign of light - impressionism's bright impact; a passion for purple - dyes and the industrialization of colour; shades of midnight - the problem of blue; time as painter - the ever-changing canvas; capturing colour - how art appears in reproduction; mind over matter - colour as form in modernism; art for art's sake - new materials, new horizons. Summary; No greater tale has remained untold than that of colour. We live in an age where almost every conceivable hue can be chemically manufactured, and is available off the shelf. Yet for thousands of years just a handful of pigments - many lacking in any brilliance, some lethally toxic - were all the artist's palette contained, and the quest to create new colours was at the centre of scientific and artistic endeavour. "Bright Earth" tells the extraordinary story of this quest. It provides a lucid, gripping explanation of exactly how - through a mixture of primitive chemistry and luck -the ancient alchemists of colour were able to expand the artist's rainbow. Their sources were varied, and sometimes unlikely. Two of history's most prized colours - Tyrian purple and crimson - were derived, respectively, from a shellfish and a beetle. The search for new colour was fraught with mishaps and hazards, where the value of a particular shade of yellow had to be weighed against the potential for traces on your fingertips to kill you at your dinner table, and where an orange as glorious as distilled sunlight might fade to muddy brown by the next year. Yet the demand for bright and innovative colour drove the search ever forward. From the austere palette of the Ancient Greeks to the Romans' expensive passion for purple; through the glorious profusion of Renaissance art to the restrained pigments of Rembrandt and Velazquez; and from the Romantic painters' early forays into direct collaboration with chemists to the erratic and sometimes spectacular marriage of art and science in the 20th century, "Bright Earth" is the fascinating, beautifully illustrated story of the magic behind the canvas. Subjects; Coloring matter History. Color in art History. Art and industry History. Color History. Colors. Artists' materials Formulae. Colour in art. Colouring matter History. Dyes and dyeing Chemistry. COLOUR - ART THEORY. Colour. Pigments. Perception. History of art / art & design styles. Theory of art ; Cultural studies. ART / History / General. ART / Criticism & Theory. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. Color in art ; Color ; History ; Colors ; Artists' materials ; Formulae 1 Kg.
Published by London : Viking, 2001
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 434 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography (p. [408]-416) and index. Contents; The eye of the beholder - the scientists in the studio; plucking the rainbow - the physics and chemistry of colour; the forge of vulcan - colour technology in antiquity; secret recipes -alchemy's artistic legacy; masters of light and shadow - the glory of the Renaissance; old gold - the revivial of an austere palette; the prismatic metals - synthetic pigments and the dawn of colour chemistry; the reign of light - impressionism's bright impact; a passion for purple - dyes and the industrialization of colour; shades of midnight - the problem of blue; time as painter - the ever-changing canvas; capturing colour - how art appears in reproduction; mind over matter - colour as form in modernism; art for art's sake - new materials, new horizons. Summary; No greater tale has remained untold than that of colour. We live in an age where almost every conceivable hue can be chemically manufactured, and is available off the shelf. Yet for thousands of years just a handful of pigments - many lacking in any brilliance, some lethally toxic - were all the artist's palette contained, and the quest to create new colours was at the centre of scientific and artistic endeavour. "Bright Earth" tells the extraordinary story of this quest. It provides a lucid, gripping explanation of exactly how - through a mixture of primitive chemistry and luck -the ancient alchemists of colour were able to expand the artist's rainbow. Their sources were varied, and sometimes unlikely. Two of history's most prized colours - Tyrian purple and crimson - were derived, respectively, from a shellfish and a beetle. The search for new colour was fraught with mishaps and hazards, where the value of a particular shade of yellow had to be weighed against the potential for traces on your fingertips to kill you at your dinner table, and where an orange as glorious as distilled sunlight might fade to muddy brown by the next year. Yet the demand for bright and innovative colour drove the search ever forward. From the austere palette of the Ancient Greeks to the Romans' expensive passion for purple; through the glorious profusion of Renaissance art to the restrained pigments of Rembrandt and Velazquez; and from the Romantic painters' early forays into direct collaboration with chemists to the erratic and sometimes spectacular marriage of art and science in the 20th century, "Bright Earth" is the fascinating, beautifully illustrated story of the magic behind the canvas. Subjects; Coloring matter History. Color in art History. Art and industry History. Color History. Colors. Artists' materials Formulae. Colour in art. Colouring matter History. Dyes and dyeing Chemistry. COLOUR - ART THEORY. Colour. Pigments. Perception. History of art / art & design styles. Theory of art ; Cultural studies. ART / History / General. ART / Criticism & Theory. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. Color in art ; Color ; History ; Colors ; Artists' materials ; Formulae 1 Kg.