Farbpigmente, Farbstoffe, Farbgeschichten
By: Herausgeber Claudia Cattaneo ... [et al.]
Contributors: Cattaneo, Claudia
Edition: 2., überarbeitete Aufl.
Publisher: Alata
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Winterthur
Language: ger
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9783033023499; 9783033029682
Subjects: Pigments; Conservation and restoration; Exhibitions; Dyes and dyeing; Painting; Analysis; Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
Description: Printed with fourteen color inks, this book focuses on the material and sensual side of color concentrates and portrays their enormous diversity through image and text. The core of this book is a compendium of 317 natural and synthetic pigments and dyes, which are shown as raw materials{u0097}ground minerals and earth, natural plants and other biological sources, chemical formulas{u0097}and as dyed or painted color samples. Eleven color histories describe man's ongoing use of color, from the development of the first color to the newest advances in organic chemistry. Additionally, the book includes pigment analyses of eight works of art and describes how the artists worked.
Notes: "Das Buch über Pigmente und Farbstoffe - ihre Herkunft, Herstellung und Anwendung"--Colophon.

Includes index.

Catalog based on the exhibition "Farblabor" at Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, held from Nov. 19, 2006-Jun. 27, 2008.