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Artists' pigments : a handbook of their history and characteristics.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New York ; Oxford : Distributed for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, by Oxford University Press, c1986-Description: ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0894680862
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Contents:
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 Fielder 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 Rosamund D. Harley -- Carmine / Helmut Schweppe and Heinz Roosen-Runge.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 667.2 ART (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 07695

Including bibliographical references and (in vol. 2) index.

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 Fielder 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 Rosamund D. Harley -- Carmine / Helmut Schweppe and Heinz Roosen-Runge.

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.