num_pages: 382
description: From Egyptian wall paintings to the Venetian Renaissance, impressionism to digital images, Philip Ball tells the fascinating story of how art, chemistry, and technology have interacted throughout the ages to render the gorgeous hues we admire on our walls and in our museums.Finalist for the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award.
language: English
title: Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color
titlecomplete: Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color
genres: Art, Philosophy, Science, Art History, Design, Chemistry, Nonfiction, History, Microhistory, Visual Art
ratings_count: 1179
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: University of Chicago Press