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Chromatopia: an Illustrated History of Color by David Coles

$33.95 CAD

Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artists' pigments gave been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung and even crushed insects. Humanity's experimental journey towards the discovery of colour, from grinding down beetles and burning animals bones to alchemy and serendipity, has led to the magnificence of medieval manuscripts, the art of the Renaissance the expressions of 20th-century Modernism. Chromatopia reveals the origin stories of over 50 of history's most extraordinary pigments.

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