Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments - Rilegato

Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0750689803 ISBN 13: 9780750689809

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008

Riassunto

This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments.

Illustrated throughout with full colour images reproduced to the highest possible quality, this book is based on years of painstaking research into the visual and optical properties of pigments.

Now combined with the Pigment Dictionary, the most thorough reference to pigment names and synonyms avaiable, the Pigment Compendium is a major addition to the study and understanding of historic pigments.

* Invaluable reference for both painting conservators and conservation scientists
* Full colour images of over 350 ancient and modern artist's pigments for accurate identification
* The most detailed cross-referenced dictionary of pigments names available

Su questo libro

L'autore

Painting conservator, with her own private conservation business. Also a visiting lecturer for Sotheby's Fine Art Course, Guildhall University, University of Northumbria, Croatian State Institute for Conservation and ICCROM.

Contenuti

Introductory essays
Pigments in colour order, including photographs, optical analysis, summary, references
Dictionary of Historical Pigments
Glossary/Synonyms
Tables

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0750689803
• ISBN 13: 9780750689809
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 968