Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics Volume 1 (A Publication of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) (v. 1)

Now distributed by Oxford University Press for the National Gallery of Art, Artists' Pigments is the first and most complete handbook of its kind. Volume 1 looks at Indian yellow; cobalt yellow (aureolin); barium sulfate; cadmium yellows, oranges, and reds; red lead and minium; green earth; zinc white; chrome yellow and other chromate pigments; lead antimonate yellow; and carmine.***Readable scan with OCR text recognition*** V. 1. / Edited By Robert L. Feller -- V. 2. / Edited By Ashok Roy -- V. 3. / Edited By Elisabeth West Fitzhugh -- V. 4. / Edited By Barbara H. Berrie. Robert L. Feller, Editor. Vol. 2 Contains Revised, Updated Versions Of Articles Originally Published In Studies In Conservation; Editor, Ashok Roy. Vols. 2-3 Distributed By Oxford University Press, New York. Vol. 3 Edited By Elizabeth West Fitzhugh. Vol. 4, Barbara H. Berrie, Editor. Vol. 4 Published In Association With Archetype Publications Ltd. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover front CONTENTS Preface Foreword Introduction 1 - Indian Yellow 2 - Cobalt Yellow (Aureolin) 3 - Barium Sulfate - Natural and Synthetic 4 - Cadmium Yellows, Oranges and Reds 5 - Red Lead and Minium 6 - Green Earth 7 - Zinc White 8 - Chrome Yellow and Other Chromate Pigments 9 - Lead Antimonate Yellow 10 - Carmine - Cochineal Carmine and Kermes Carmine Appendices A Pigment Handbook is a collection of essays explaining the ten most important pigments for conservators, restorers and art historians. They delve into the materials used, preparation and the various objects that artists used these colours on. This book is designed to reach a wide audience as the ultimate authority on artists' colorants. An encyclopedic reference developed in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, the Artists' Pigments series combines two aspects of the study of pigments--the history of individual pigments and dyes and scientific methods for identifying and characterizing artists' colorants--rarely brought together in one publication